Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Chairman: Brad S. Karp

Deputy Chair: Valerie E. Radwaner

Firm Overview

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is a premier firm of about 1,250 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 consistently earn high praise for our collaborative, commercial approach, providing novel and efficient solutions to otherwise intractable situations.

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 market-leading specialized practices, including intellectual property and technology transactions, finance, capital markets, private funds, competition/antitrust, tax, executive compensation and real estate, among others. Our firm is at the forefront of legal innovation and offers a full suite of premier legal services to clients across borders.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Our M&A Group is among the most experienced and effective in the world. With scores of dedicated partners, we have helped many of the world’s leading companies execute their most important global transactions. Since 2020, we have advised on more than 200 billion-dollar-plus M&A transactions and have handled over a trillion dollars in total M&A for publicly listed and privately held companies, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, and other investors. We have deep experience in executing transactions with counterparties across the globe, and in highly regulated sectors such as financial services and infrastructure.

Private Equity

We provide trusted counsel to the world’s leading private equity firms and their portfolio companies for the most landscape-shifting, cutting-edge global transactions. We represent dynamic, sophisticated firms of every size across the spectrum of investment strategies, handling their most important private and public M&A and investments, fundraisings, leveraged finance transactions, debt restructurings and securities offerings. Because we have extensive familiarity with the full range of deal structures, we are able to advise our clients on the latest innovations, as well as current market practices and trends.

Broader Corporate Practice: We are also widely recognized as preeminent in other important corporate practices, including, among others:

o Artificial Intelligence

o Asset Management M&A

o Capital Markets

o Corporate Governance

o Cryptocurrency & Blockchain

o Digital Technology

o Executive Compensation

o Finance

o Financial Services

o Hybrid Capital & Special Situations

o Infrastructure

o Insurance

o Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions

o Investment Funds

o Private Credit

o Real Estate

o Tax

Litigation

No other law firm can approach Paul, Weiss’s experience and record of success in the most complex, high-stakes disputes in U.S. federal and state courts and before major arbitration bodies. With a deep bench that includes many of the country’s most accomplished trial lawyers and former senior government officials, our Litigation Department is uniquely positioned to handle multifaceted crises, from sprawling cross-border, multi-regulator enforcement actions to parallel private litigation. We are regularly entrusted with fast-moving, franchise-threatening matters because of our ability to develop and execute a winning strategy, no matter the problem or adversary, and to see the matter through to the ultimate resolution, whether at trial or before the Supreme Court.

The practice boasts dozens of former federal prosecutors and senior U.S. 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 and other key U.S. regulatory agencies; former senior leaders in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division; a former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; and former senior members of the White House Counsel’s office.

White Collar & Regulatory Defence

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 handle 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 are widely recognized for our expertise in many specialized litigation, regulatory defence and investigatory areas, including, among others:

o Anti-Corruption & Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

o Anti-Money Laundering

o Antitrust

o Artificial Intelligence

o Bankruptcy Litigation

o Congressional Investigations

o Copyright & Trademark Litigation

o Crisis Management

o Cryptocurrency & Blockchain

o Cybersecurity & Data Protection

o Digital Technology

o Employment, Workplace Investigations & Trade Secrets

o ERISA, Pension & Benefits Litigation

o False Claims Act & Qui Tam Litigation

o Financial Services Litigation & Investigations

o Foreign Direct Investment Regulation

o Insurance Litigation

o Internal Investigations

o International Arbitration

o Investigations

o Investment Management Litigation

o Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation

o National Security, CFIUS & FARA

o Patent Litigation

o Product Liability & Mass Torts Litigation

o Sanctions

o Securities Litigation

o 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 almost every major, complex and headline-grabbing in-court and out-of-court restructuring matter, including cross-border restructurings. We possess a thorough knowledge of every aspect of bankruptcy law, coupled with perspectives earned from representing every type of client.