Corporate
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The world's largest multinational corporations, top-tier international investment banks, private equity and hedge funds and entrepreneurs all rely on Paul, Weiss’s Corporate Department to resolve their thorniest legal and business challenges. Our lawyers have earned high praise for their innovative approach to complex transactions and are recognized internationally as leaders in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, finance and investment funds. Our clients tap us for advice that resists conventional approaches and value the insight and imagination that we offer.
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Why Paul, Weiss?
Innovation and a passion for excellence distinguish us from our peers. We offer sophisticated and novel responses to immediate business crises and opportunities. Our Corporate Department is creative and practical, supporting clients with lean, focused teams who craft value-added, tailor-made solutions.
Our corporate lawyers are multifaceted business counselors trained in a number of disciplines, and our core strengths and experience lie in private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions of every stripe, cross-border and domestic securities offerings, traditional and emerging structures in fund formation and unique financing transactions. We offer a diversity of experience across borders, industries, practice specializations and deal size. We have represented the full range of public and private companies throughout their lifecycles.
Global businesses turn to our lawyers for advice on their most important transactions. With international offices located in Beijing, Hong Kong, London, Tokyo and Toronto, our global experience enables us to assist our clients in virtually every type of cross-border and multinational context.
For decades, Paul, Weiss lawyers have advised clients on matters that have defined core principles of Delaware law, including those resulting in the Revlon, Time Warner and Hollinger decisions. Straddling our Corporate and Litigation Departments, our Wilmington, Delaware office brings an unrivaled perspective to major transactions, governance battles and director and officer duties.
Where appropriate, we call upon the unsurpassed capabilities of the firm’s other departments, including tax, litigation, bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, employee benefits and executive compensation, intellectual property, environmental and real estate to help our clients avoid controversies and evaluate risks.
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Our Practice Areas
Paul, Weiss offers a multifaceted corporate practice that combines the capabilities of more than 250 lawyers across borders, industries and practice areas. Our lawyers are skilled practitioners in the following areas and regions:
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- Investment Management
- Fund Formation
- Advisers Act & Related Regulatory Compliance
- Partner Arrangements and Employee Compensation
- Terminal Value Events & Management Company Transactions
- Investment Management M&A
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Contested Transactions
- Negotiated Transactions
- Cross-Border and International M&A
- Joint Ventures
- “Going Private” Transactions
- Spin-offs and Carve-outs
- Proxy Contests
- Private Equity Transactions
- Leveraged buyouts
- Recapitalizations
- Minority Investments
- “Club” Deals
- PIPEs
- Real Estate
- Tax
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Our Clients
We represent clients in private and public companies across a variety of industries. Some of our representations have included work on behalf of:
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Recognitions
Our practice is frequently and consistently recognized for its work. Recent honors include:
- The American Lawyer
- “Dealmaker of the Year” for six of eight years (2004 – 2011) - Individual Lawyer Recognition
- Warner Music's Sale to Access Industries
- CIT Group Restructuring
- Triarc Companies Acquisition of Wendy’s
- Lehman Brothers/Dunkin' Brands Securitization
- Time Warner Acquisition of Adelphia Communications
- PG&E Chapter 11
- “Canadian Big Deals” (2008 – 2012)
- Quadra FNX Mining/KGHM Polska Miedz S.A.
- Daylight Energy/Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation
- Canadian Tire Corporation/Forzani Group
- Intact Financial Corporation/AXA Canada
- Western Coal/Walter Energy
- Ivanhoe Mines/Rio Tinto
- Quadra Mining/FNX
- Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec Offering
- Eldorado Gold/Sino Gold
- Harvest Energy Trust’s Takeover by KNOC
- Hunting Plc
- Teck Cominco/Fording
- Encana Corp. Split
- Agrium/UAP Holding
- The Financial Times
- “U.S. Innovative Lawyers” (2011) (One of the Top Ten)
- Standout (Top Tier) for Finance (Fontainebleau Restructuring)
- Highly Commended in Corporate Law (Shanghai Disney)
- Highly Commended in Energy (Encana Split)
- Commended for Finance (Exit Financing for AbitibiBowater Restructuring)
- “U.S. Innovative Lawyers” (2010) (One of the Top Three)
- Standout (Top Tier) in Restructuring (Charter Communications’ Prearranged Chapter 11)
- Highly Commended in Restructuring (CIT Group's Prepackaged Bankruptcy)
- Commended for Financial Services (Spin Out of Trilantic from Lehman Brothers)
- Commended for M&A (Citigroup Sells Nikko Assets)
- Chambers USA
- Leading Firm – “(National) Corporate/M&A” (2011)
- Leading Firm – “(NY) Corporate/M&A: The Elite” (2011)
- Leading Firm – “(National) Capital Markets: Debt & Equity” (2011)
- Leading Firm – “(National) Investment Funds: Hedge Funds,” “(National) Investment Funds: Private Equity” and “(National) Private Equity: Buyouts” (2011)
- Corporate Board Member
- One of “America’s Best Corporate Law Firms” (8th in 2011) (2011-2006)
- U.S. News & World Report/Best Lawyers
- Tier 1 Firm – “(National) Corporate Law” and “(NY) Corporate Law” (2010)
- Tier 1 Firm – “(National) Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law” and “(NY) Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law.” (2010)
- Leading Firm – “(National) M&A Law” and “(NY) M&A Law” (2010)
- Legal 500
- Leading Firm – “M&A – Mega-Deals” (2011)
- Leading Firm – “Capital Markets: Debt Offerings – Advice to Issuers” and “Capital Markets: Equity Offerings – Advice to Issuers” (2011)
- Leading Firm – “Capital Markets: High-Yield Offerings – Advice to Issuers” (2011)
- Leading Firm – “Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds,” “Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity” and “Private Equity Buyouts” (2011)
- “M&A – Mega-Deals” – Four recognized practitioners (2011)
- IFLR
- Leading Firm – U.S.A.: Mergers and Acquisitions (2011)
- Leading Firm – China: Mergers & Acquisitions: Foreign Firms (2011)
- Recognized – “Private Equity Fund Formation” and “Private Equity Transactions” (2011)
- Total Securitization’s U.S. Securitization Awards
- “ABS Deal of the Year” – IHOP Corp./Applebee’s (2008)
- ALB Japan Law
- “Equity Market Deal of the Year” and “Japan Deal of the Year” – MUFG Offering (2010)
- “M&A Deal of the Year” – Citi/Nikko (2010)
- Globe and Mail
- “Top 10 M&A Deals in Canada” – Abitibi/Bowater (2007)