Candace K. Beinecke

Areas of Concentration

• Corporate Governance matters
• Representing boards of directors and board committees in special investigations and other strategic and sensitive matters
• Corporate transactions

Professional Activities

• Chair, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
• Member, Executive and Compensation Committees, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
• Director, ALSTOM (Paris)
• Chairperson of the Board, First Eagle Funds and First Eagle Variable Funds, a public mutual fund family
• Member, Board of Trustees, Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE)
• Director, Rockefeller Financial Services, Inc. and Rockefeller & Co., Inc.
• Director, Vice Chair, and Member of the Executive Committee, Partnership for New York City
• Trustee, Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Legal Committee, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Trustee, The Wallace Foundation
• Director, Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
• Director Emerita, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
• Director, Trinity Episcopal School Corporation (1988-1995)
• Member, Leaders Council of senior representatives from law, accounting and industry to examine global regulation, accounting and markets
• Member, Women’s Forum
• Member, Board of Advisors, Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law
• Frequent Panelist on subjects ranging from corporate governance and transactions to law firm leadership.

Recognitions

• Recognized for her M&A and corporate governance expertise by many prominent legal publications such as Chambers, The Best Lawyers in America, The International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers and The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers
• Named in the past three consecutive issues of Crain’s New York Business, including the June 2011 issue, as one of the “50 Most Powerful Women in New York”
• Selected by The National Law Journal as one of the 50 most influential women lawyers in America
• Selected by Crain's for its Hall of Fame as one of 25 executives whose contributions changed New York City
• Profiled in such publications as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, American Lawyer, National Law Journal and Crain’s
• Honoree, New York County Lawyers’ Association 90th Annual Dinner Celebrating Outstanding Women of the Bar
• Recipient, NYC Chapter of The National Organization for Women, Women of Power and Influence Awards