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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

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Provided by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Crisis & Risk Management

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

www.paulweiss.com

Tel: 212 373 3000

Fax: 212 757 3990


Chairman: Brad S. Karp

Number of employees: 1,829


OVERVIEW & HISTORY:


Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is a firm of about 1,000 lawyers with diverse backgrounds, personalities, ideas and interests who provide innovative and effective solutions to our clients’ most complex legal and business challenges. The firm represents many of the world’s largest and most important public and private corporations, asset managers and financial institutions in their most consequential matters, as well as clients in need of pro bono assistance.

Corporations from around the world trust our lawyers to protect their interests. We consistently earn high praise for our collaborative efforts to handle highly sophisticated matters with complex legal and business challenges, providing novel and efficient solutions to otherwise intractable situations.


Paul, Weiss is widely recognized as having market-leading practices in public M&A, private equity, litigation, white collar and regulatory defence, and restructuring. Within the broader corporate and litigation areas, we also offer numerous market-leading specialized practices.

SERVICES OFFERED:

Crisis Management:

Paul, Weiss’s crisis management team helps clients resolve problems quickly, effectively and holistically when legal, congressional, shareholder/investor and public relations challenges converge, threatening operations, brand and reputation. The firm advises clients on a broad spectrum of legal needs, including attacks by activist shareholders; preparation of executives for public testimony, government investigations and congressional interviews; sensitive cyber and data privacy incidents; scrutiny of corporate transactions; whistleblower allegations; alleged employee or management misconduct or criminal and regulatory matters; unfavorable media exposure or commentary; crises related to environmental, social and governance issues; and catastrophic litigation, regulatory or criminal enforcement outcomes.

The firm has safely guided U.S. and non-U.S. public and privately held companies, financial institutions and asset management firms, boards and management teams through all manner of crises. Offering a coordinated approach, the firm’s crisis management team quickly identifies key tactical issues and provides practical, commercial guidance that minimises legal, financial and reputational risks, focusing both on rapid-response protective measures in the critical first hours and longer-term mitigation strategies, including building resilient compliance systems.

Where negative information is not yet public, the Paul, Weiss team is often able to resolve matters in a confidential way to ensure privacy and limit reputational exposure. The firm also frequently leads fast-moving and sensitive internal investigations, enabling clients to take informed action to mitigate fallout. In situations that are already public, the team leverages experience with the press and before Congress, inspectors-general, and multiple law enforcement and regulatory agencies to secure the best possible outcome.

The Paul, Weiss Crisis Management team is unparalleled in experience. Several members have held top roles in government, including a former Secretary of Homeland Security; a former U.S. Attorney General; a onetime head of communications to former Sen. Hillary Clinton; a former top member of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office; the architect of the modern Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; and former senior officials at the White House, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Attorney General’s Office and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, among others. The team also includes nationally recognised corporate and litigation lawyers who are frequently sought out by boards and executives for their deep crisis management experience and advice.


PRACTICE AREAS:

Litigation:

- Anti-Corruption & Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

- Antitrust

- Artificial Intelligence

- Bankruptcy Litigation

- Congressional Investigations

- Crisis Management

- Cryptocurrency & Blockchain

- Cybersecurity & Data Protection

- Digital Technology

- Economic Sanctions & Anti-Money Laundering

- Employment

- ERISA, Pension & Benefits Litigation

- Sustainability & ESG Advisory

- False Claims Act & Qui Tam Litigation

- Financial Institutions

- Insurance

- Intellectual Property Litigation

- Internal Investigations

- International Arbitration

- Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation

- Product Liability

- Civil Rights & Racial Equity Audits

- Securities Litigation

- Supreme Court & Appellate Litigation

- White Collar & Regulatory Defence

Broader Corporate Practice:

- Mergers & Acquisitions

- Private Equity

- Activist Defense

- Capital Markets

- Corporate Governance

- Finance

- Hybrid Capital & Special Situations

- Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions

- Investment Management

Transactional

- Antitrust

- Digital Technology

- Executive Compensation

- M&A Disputes and Delaware Litigation

- Media, Sports & Entertainment

- Personal Representation

- Real Estate

- Sustainability & ESG Advisory

- Tax

Restructuring


OFFICES:

NEW YORK

NEW YORK: 1285 Avenue of the Americas,

NY 10019-6064

Tel: 212 373 3000 Fax: 212 757 3990

Email:[email protected]

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

WASHINGTON DC: 2001 K Street, NW,

DC 20006-1047

Tel: 202 223 7300 Fax: 202 223 7420

DELAWARE

WILMINGTON: 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 200,

DE 19899-0032

Tel: 302 655 4410 Fax: 302 655 4420

BAY AREA

SAN FRANCISCO: 535 Mission Street, 24th Floor,

CA 94105-3225

Tel: 628 432 5100 Fax: 628 232 3101


INTERNATIONAL OFFICES

London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing and Toronto.

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