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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Corporate/M&A: The Elite

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

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Corporate/M&A: The Elite - USA - Nationwide

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What the Team is Known For
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is a distinguished New York-based firm, recognized for its strength in domestic and international corporate matters. The firm's areas of strength include transactions in the technology, media and life sciences sectors. The corporate team's experience spans shareholder activism defense and the representation of boards of directors.
Notable practitioners

New-York based Scott Barshay is a key contact.

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Work Highlights

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  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison assisted Chevron Corporation with its $55 billion acquisition of Hess Corporation.

Strengths

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  • The department is exceptionally proactive, highly alert and consistently responsive to market developments. It operates with a high degree of agility and is well prepared to provide timely, effective support as conditions evolve.

    Corporate/M&A: The Elite respondentUSA

  • The team are available 24/7, patient, kind and able to project themselves into the other side's shoes. This was probably the best experience I have had in over 40 years of doing hundreds of transactions at my firm.

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  • They have an extremely deep and broad talent at all levels.

    Corporate/M&A: The Elite respondentUSA

  • They are exceptionally responsive and, more importantly, exceptionally proactive. They are always thinking two steps ahead to anticipate client needs and spotting potential issues.

    Corporate/M&A: The Elite respondentUSA

  • I consider them to be among the best of the best. They're who I'd trust to handle my most critical matters. They consistently demonstrate excellent judgment.

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