Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Chairman: Brad S. Karp

DeputyChair: Valerie E. Radwaner

Offices: New York, Brussels, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tokyo, Toronto, Washington, D.C., and Wilmington

FirmOverview:

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is a premier firm of more than 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. With 10 offices across North America, Europe and Asia, and a robust international network, the firm represents many of the world’s largest and most important public and private corporations, asset managers and financial institutions, as well as clients in need of pro bono assistance. We take pride in our collaborative, commercial approach, and in providing novel and efficient solutions to our clients’ greatest challenges.

The firm is widely recognized as having market-leading practices in private equity, public company M&A, litigation, white collar and regulatory defence, and restructuring. Within these broad practices, we also offer numerous other strong specialized practices.

FinTech Overview:

Paul, Weiss is a leader in the FinTech space. Our global practice brings together Paul, Weiss’s experience and capabilities as the financial services clients’ longstanding defender with the firm’s formidable technology- and IP-focused practices. The practice includes many of the firm’s most accomplished private equity, M&A, capital markets, finance, intellectual property, litigation, regulatory defense and investigations attorneys. Offering a multidisciplinary, cross-border and comprehensive FinTech practice, the firm advises on the most cutting-edge deals in the industry as well as consequential litigations and enforcement actions — including cases with no playbook.

Main Areas of Practice:

Mergers & Acquisitions:

Our M&A Group is among the most experienced and effective in the world. Since 2020, we have advised on more than 1,100 M&A transactions and have handled over $2 trillion in total M&A. With scores of dedicated partners, we have helped many of the world’s leading companies execute their most significant and complex global transactions. We have deep experience in executing transactions with counterparties across the globe, and in highly regulated sectors such as financial services and digital infrastructure.

Private Equity:

We advise the world’s leading private equity firms and their portfolio companies on their most difficult and cutting-edge transactions, including private and public M&A and investments, fundraisings, leveraged finance transactions, debt restructurings and securities offerings. We represent dynamic, sophisticated firms of every size across the spectrum of investment strategies; because we are familiar with the full range of deal structures and investment strategies, we are able to advise our clients on the latest innovations, as well as current market practices and trends.

Broader Corporate Practice: We offer numerous other robust practices across and in support of our corporate practice, including:

• Artificial Intelligence
• Asset Management M&A
• Capital Markets
• Corporate Governance
• Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
• Executive Compensation
• Finance
• Financial Services
• Hybrid Capital & Special Situations
• Infrastructure
• Insurance
• Investment Funds
• IP & Technology Transactions
• Private Credit
• Real Estate
• Tax

Litigation:

Paul, Weiss has handled many of the most complex, high-stakes disputes in U.S. federal and state courts and before major arbitration bodies over the decades. With a deep bench of accomplished trial lawyers and former senior government officials, our Litigation Department is well-positioned to handle the most complex, multifaceted crises, from sprawling cross-border, multi-regulator enforcement actions, to parallel private litigation, to other fast-moving, franchise-threatening matters. The practice includes dozens of former federal prosecutors and senior government officials, including a former U.S. Attorney General; former U.S. attorneys for the Eastern District of New York and the Northern District of California; numerous senior counsel from the SEC, the CFPB, the FTC, the Treasury Department and other key U.S. regulatory agencies; and former senior leaders in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, among others.

White Collar & Regulatory Defense:

Clients facing white collar and regulatory enforcement challenges look to Paul, Weiss to protect their businesses and reputations and manage the behind-the-scenes interplay among competing regulators and enforcement agencies. We advise on a vast range of regulatory and enforcement inquiries, including across jurisdictions. Our lawyers are adept at conducting internal investigations on behalf of companies, boards, audit committees and special litigation committees.

Broader Litigation Practice: We also offer expertise in many specialized litigation and investigatory areas, including:

• Anti-Corruption & Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• Antitrust
• Artificial Intelligence
• Congressional Investigations
• Copyright & Trademark Litigation
• Crisis Management
• Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
• Cybersecurity & Data Protection
• Economic Sanctions & AML
• Employment, Workplace Investigations & Trade Secrets
• ERISA, Pension & Benefits Litigation
• False Claims Act & Qui Tam
• Financial Services Litigation & Investigations
• Foreign Direct Investment Regulation
• Internal Investigations
• International Arbitration
• Investigations
• Investment Funds Litigation
• Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation
• National Security & CFIUS
• Patent Litigation
• Product Liability & Mass Torts
• Restructuring Litigation
• Securities Litigation
• Supreme Court & Appellate Litigation

Restructuring:

The Paul, Weiss Restructuring Group helps companies, creditors and investors facing rapid market transformation respond to business challenges with comprehensive and innovative strategies. With a deep bench of experienced counsel, we are a critical advisor in major, complex and headline-grabbing in-court and out-of-court restructuring matters, including cross-border restructurings.