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Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt
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Paul Weiss acted as issuer counsel to Carnival Corporation in its private offering of $3 billion of senior unsecured notes.
Strengths
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Paul, Weiss delivered exceptional value by flagging potential issues upfront and providing well thought-out solutions based on deep expertise and experience.
Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt respondentUSATenacity and creativity is what sets the Paul, Weiss team apart. The team is solution oriented and can act as an extension of our team to tackle complex issues.
Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt respondentUSAPaul, Weiss does a great job with thoughtful structures and is our go-to for outside-the-box matters.
Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt respondentUSAPaul, Weiss has always been there to strategize and deliver the desired legal outcome under the most complex circumstances.
Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt respondentUSAThe firm has a good ability to balance legal and commercial considerations when providing guidance and could not be more responsive or better at communication.
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Band 3 Brian M. Janson
Brian Janson's broad securities practice sees him acting for issuers, underwriters, and private equity sponsors on a range of debt and equity offerings. Brian is a key and trusted resource and I place extreme confidence in his judgment.
Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt respondentUSAHe is an encyclopedia of knowledge, a fantastic problem-solver and is relentless in achieving the best possible outcome for his clients.
Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt respondentUSABrian is incredibly responsive and very knowledgeable.
Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt respondentUSA
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Band 3 Gregory Ezring
Gregory Ezring's practice encompasses capital markets transactions of all kinds, including registered offerings of debt, equity offerings and private investments by companies. He is particularly specialized at conducting leveraged finance transactions on behalf of private equity funds and alternative asset managers. If I want a second opinion on a very complex matter, I would reach out to Gregory.
Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt respondentUSA
Band 3 
Band 3 John C Kennedy
John Kennedy enjoys a fine reputation in the New York market for his work handling a wide array of securities transactions. John is a top-tier subject matter expert across multiple legal fields.
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Band 3 Sean Wheeler
Sean Wheeler is regularly sought out to handle major IPOs, follow-on equity offerings and debt transactions on behalf of issuers and investment banks. He is particularly experienced at advising on securities connected with the energy industry.
Sean is very pragmatic in his approach.
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Band 5 Tim Cruickshank
Timothy Cruickshank offers wide-ranging strengths in debt and equity capital markets work. He offers particular experience in distressed financing matters and both in and out-of-court restructuring matters.
He is smart, practical and easy to work with. I'm a big fan of his.
Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt respondentUSAHe's super smart and an excellent lawyer. He's very good at complex, bespoke transactions - all the weird stuff that comes up in volatile markets. He has a great knack of dealing with challenging clients, managing those relationships and guiding them through complex issues.
Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt respondentUSAHe's among the elite level of lawyers, he provides clients with a great sense of the market and finds a way to get deals done in a way that is rare. He's a special kind of lawyer.
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Ranked Individuals at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (5)
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Sean Wheeler
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Central United States
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Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States
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Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States
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Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States
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Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States
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