Francesca Odell

Francesca L. Odell is a member of Cleary Gottlieb’s Executive Committee, Leader of the Americas Corporate Practice, and Co-Leader of the Public Company Group. Her practice focuses on corporate advisory and governance matters, particularly as they relate to public companies and their management and boards of directors. She also has deep transactional experience, specifically in capital markets, as well as mergers and acquisitions and financing. Francesca leads Cleary’s corporate advisory group and frequently speaks and publishes on corporate governance topics. She regularly advises boards of directors and management on a variety of topics, including: disclosure and compliance; stock exchange listing requirements; board composition and director independence; shareholder engagement and activism; shareholder proposals and proxy season trends; management and director succession planning; cybersecurity; crisis management; artificial intelligence (AI) governance and risk management; and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. · Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

United StatesCorporate Advisory, Corporate Governance

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Francesca L. Odell is a partner and member of Cleary Gottlieb’s Executive Committee, Leader of the Americas Corporate Practice, and Co-Leader of the Public Company Group. Her practice focuses on corporate advisory and governance matters for public companies and their management and boards of directors. She has deep transactional experience in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and financing. She leads Cleary’s corporate advisory group, and regularly advises on topics including disclosure and compliance, stock exchange listing requirements, board composition, shareholder engagement and activism, director succession planning, cybersecurity, crisis management, AI governance, and ESG issues.

Practice areas

Corporate AdvisoryCorporate GovernanceCapital MarketsMergers and AcquisitionsFinancingSecurities ComplianceShareholder ActivismCybersecurityCrisis ManagementArtificial Intelligence GovernanceEnvironmental Social and Governance

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United States

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton · Francesca L. Odell is a member of Cleary Gottlieb’s Executive Committee, Leader of the Americas Corporate Practice, and Co-Leader of the Public Company Group. Her practice focuses on corporate advisory and governance matters, particularly as they relate to public companies and their management and boards of directors. She also has deep transactional experience, specifically in capital markets, as well as mergers and acquisitions and financing. Francesca leads Cleary’s corporate advisory group and frequently speaks and publishes on corporate governance topics. She regularly advises boards of directors and management on a variety of topics, including: disclosure and compliance; stock exchange listing requirements; board composition and director independence; shareholder engagement and activism; shareholder proposals and proxy season trends; management and director succession planning; cybersecurity; crisis management; artificial intelligence (AI) governance and risk management; and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

United States

Expertise

Education

J.D., New York University School of Law (1996)
B.A., University of Wisconsin (1993)

Admissions

New York Bar
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY)