A Look Back  at History:

The M&A Life of Rob Kindler
Now vice chairman of Morgan Stanley and Cravath partner emeritus, Rob Kindler was once a law school dropout. He has what he calls “bibliophobia,” details within, and was convinced his first semester exams were a disaster. He was wrong. We look back with Rob on a series of deals that are landmarks in M&A: the fight to protect Cummins Engine from no fewer than two foreign bust-up buyers; the fight to save the sweet deal Conrail wanted; and his work for a certain notorious Canadian nicknamed “The Telecom Cowboy.” Along the way, we see Rob as a plumber, an English major with a specialty in romantic poetry, an ice-cream store entrepreneur, and a poet and an accomplished flutist, an unexpected set of interests “for an M&A guy.”