Paul Hastings LLP

London Office Chair: Mei Lian and Ross Anderson

Number of partners: 56

Assistant solicitors: 60

Other fee-earners: 20

THE FIRM The Paul Hastings City office continues to positively contribute to the firm’s financial trajectory. The firm continues to build its reputation in London and strengthen its existing global practices with a series of strategic and prominent London hires, who have already delivered outstanding successes for the firm’s clients.

In the past five years, the London office has more than doubled in both headcount and revenue. The London office plans to build on the blocks of success set down in recent years, continue growth in size, revenue, and per partner profits, and expand its reach in its core business areas with the strategic hire of exceptional partner talent.

Critical to the firm’s success has been the strong fabric of its culture. The firm attracts, retains and promotes extraordinary talent; preeminent partners in their fields who are energetic, dynamic, and who share the firm’s commitment to its clients. Paul Hastings strives to excel in specialist areas and have concentrated its growth in London in practice specialisms that are accretive to its overall global strategy; these key practice areas include finance/structured credit, corporate M&A/real estate, restructuring, private/credit funds and private equity. The firm’s dynamic and entrepreneurial work environment encourages its focus on building close client relationships and developing its talent in a diverse and inclusive way so Paul Hastings are seen as trusted advisors.

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK 

Paul Hastings’s lawyers provide the legal solutions and business insights necessary to help the firm’s clients navigate new paths to growth. The firm has advised on numerous complex domestic and cross-border deals and financings, as well as helping clients manage compliance risks and resolve sensitive disputes.

Over the past five years, the London team has more than doubled in size, and it continues to significantly strengthen its global practices to better serve the firm’s clients’ evolving needs.

Practice areas include: Antitrust, collateralised loan obligations; credit funds, employment; energy and infrastructure; financial services; intellectual property; investigations and white collar; international arbitration; leveraged finance and high yield; litigation and dispute resolution; mergers and acquisitions; private equity; private investment funds; real estate finance; real estate funds; restructuring; securitisation; tax.