Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Michael Darby has joined the firm as a partner in the M&A Group within the Corporate Department. Darby advises corporate clients on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities laws and Delaware law matters.
“Mike is exactly the kind of lawyer we look for as we continue to grow our Corporate Department,” said Angelo Bonvino, global head of the Paul, Weiss Corporate Department. “He is a sophisticated public company advisor with the judgment, experience and Delaware law fluency that our clients increasingly demand.”
“Mike brings a strong track record of executing significant, complex deals on behalf of public companies and special committees across a wide spectrum of industries, and his arrival will further bolster our public company M&A capabilities,” said Krishna Veeraraghavan, global co-head of M&A at Paul, Weiss. “We are thrilled to welcome him to the firm.”
Darby’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and a range of other significant corporate matters, including matters pertaining to securities laws, corporate governance, activism defense and Delaware law. He has represented clients across the life sciences, industrials, financial services, consumer and retail, technology and energy industries, among others. His recent representations include advising Select Medical in its take-private transaction; the special committee of Enfusion’s board of directors in its acquisition by Clearwater Analytics; Energy Harbor in its acquisition by Vistra; Chiesi Farmaceutici in its acquisition of Amryt Pharma; and Quest Diagnostics in numerous transactions, including its acquisition of select assets from Fresenius Medical Care and the sale of its ownership interest in Q2 Solutions to IQVIA.
“The opportunity to join Paul, Weiss and work alongside the firm’s exceptional team and clients is incredibly energizing,” Darby said. “I’m excited to be part of this elite firm and the Corporate Department’s top-notch M&A practice.”
Darby earned a B.S. in engineering from the University of Delaware and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
The Paul, Weiss Mergers & Acquisitions Practice works with leading private equity firms and many of the world’s largest, most prominent publicly traded and privately held companies, as well as financial advisors and other financial institutions and investors, on the full range of business-critical transactions.
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