Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Chairman:Brad S. Karp

Deputy Chair:Valerie E. Radwaner

Key Contacts: Neel Sachdev and Roger Johnson, Co-Heads, London

THE FIRM:

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is a premier 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, private equity sponsors, asset managers and financial institutions, and clients in need of pro bono assistance. The firm is located in New York, Washington, D.C., London, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, Toronto and Wilmington, Delaware.

PRINCIPLE AREAS OF WORK:

Paul, Weiss is widely recognized as having market-leading practices inprivate equity,public company M&A,litigation,white collar and regulatory defence, restructuring,finance,capital markets,competition/antitrust,tax,executive compensationandreal estate, among others. We are known for our collaborative, commercial approach, and take pride in finding innovative and efficient transactional solutions and in providing high quality advice.

LONDON

In London, we field Europe’s preeminent private equity-focused team, providing comprehensive cross-border M&A, financing, capital markets and tax capabilities, and a commercial, solutions-oriented approach. Our team collaborates closely with the firm’s global private equity teams to execute cross-border transactions and navigate regulatory nuances across jurisdictions and to ensure that clients secure the most favourable terms.

Global Finance & Capital Markets:

We offer unmatched capabilities in structuring and executing all types of sponsor-focused financings and high-yield debt offerings across the capital structure. Lawyers in the London office have been at the forefront of innovations in financing structures for the past two decades, and have executed many of the market’s largest and most complex cross-border financings. The team offers private equity sponsors, issuers and portfolio companies comprehensive capital markets capabilities, including high-yield debt offerings, IPOs, liability management transactions and other complex securities issuances.

Global M&A:

With a focus on private equity firms, financial sponsor clients and portfolio companies in the UK, EU and globally, the London-based M&A team advises on all forms of cross-border leveraged M&A and corporate transactions.The team leverages the formidable global M&A practice, widely regarded as among the most experienced and effective in the world. With scores of dedicated partners around the world, we have helped many of world’s leading companies execute their most important transactions. Since 2020, we have advised over140billion-dollar-plus M&A transactions and have handled close to a trillion dollars in total M&A, including for publicly listed and privately held companies, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, and other investors.

Global Tax:

Our London-based European tax team includes some of the region’s leading tax advisors. The team adviseson the tax aspects of public and private M&A transactions, financings and capital markets transactions, fund-level transactions and formations, and corporate restructurings.The London tax team advises on global tax issues alongside our tax teams across the U.S. and international offices.

ADDITIONAL GLOBALCORPORATE CAPABILITIES:

Paul, Weiss is widely recognized as preeminent in numerous other corporate practices, including:

• Activist Defence
• Corporate Governance
• Hybrid Capital & Special Situations
• Energy & Infrastructure Transactions
• Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions
• Investment Funds
• Leveraged Finance
• Structured Finance & Securitisations

ADDITIONAL GLOBAL TRANSACTION-FOCUSED PRACTICES:

We are also preeminent in myriad transaction-focused practices, including:

• Competition and Merger Proceedings
• ESG Guidance and Audits
• Executive Compensation
• M&A Disputes and Delaware Litigation
• Real Estate

RESTRUCTURING/INSOLVENCY:

The Paul, Weiss Restructuring Group serves as a critical advisor in major, complex cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters, helping companies, sponsors and other investors, and linchpin creditor and lender groups respond to fast-moving business challenges with comprehensive and innovative strategies. The group collaborates closely with the firm’s hybrid capital & special situations and private credit groups to offer a vast range of sophisticated and bespoke debt, equity and hybrid solutions across the capital structure. Our group provides comprehensive and tailored advice to clients informed by decades of experience creating cutting-edge alternative capital solutions.

DISPUTES AND REGULATORY DEFENCE:

No other firm can approach Paul, Weiss’s experience and record of success in the most complex disputes and regulatory enforcement defence matters, including high-stakes, fast-moving multijurisdictional matters and international arbitrations. Our renowned U.S.-based trial team is a particularly powerful advantage in U.S. litigation, whether in the courtroom and at the settlement table. Our deep bench includes the country’s most accomplished trial lawyers and former senior government officials, positioning us to handle multifaceted crises, from sprawling multi-regulator enforcement actions to parallel U.S. private litigation. Our focus is onmanaging the behind-the-scenes interplay among competing regulators and enforcement agenciesand protectingour clients’ businesses and reputations.We are widely recognized in a number of specialized areas, including:

• Anti-Corruption & Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• Antitrust Litigation & Cartel Matters
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Crisis Management
• Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
• Cybersecurity & Data Protection
• Economic Sanctions & Anti-Money Laundering
• Financial Institutions
• High-Stakes Employment Matters
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Internal Investigations
• Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation
• U.S. Congressional Investigations
• U.S. False Claims Act & Qui Tam Litigation
• U.S. Securities & Class Action Litigation
• U.S. Supreme Court & Appellate Litigation