[1] He honed his deal making skills under legendary mergers and acquisitions lawyer H. Rodgin Cohen, the firm's former chairman and became a partner in 1992.
[1] This group includes the firm's corporate, financial institutions, securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, real estate, leveraged finance, private equity, project finance, restructuring, and intellectual property transactional practices.
[1][7] Aquila represents large multinational corporations in transactions and has represented British Airways, Diageo, Amgen, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, EchoStar, InBev, Sainsbury, Payless ShoeSource, Pharmacia, Burger King, Pillsbury Company, and Medtronic.
[4][5][8] In 2009, he was selected by the American Bar Association as a "Legal Rebel" – one of the profession's 50 leading innovators .
[1][5] In 2011, Aquila was a distinguished Alumni of the Year honoree at his alma mater Brooklyn Law School .
[1] Aquila is a member, and former Chairman, of the Board of Trustees of the NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education .