San Francisco

The West Coast has emerged as the epicenter of groundbreaking legal challenges and transformative business opportunities. Our San Francisco office strategically positions Paul, Weiss to deliver deeply experienced litigation and transactional services uniquely tailored to Northern California’s dynamic business landscape. We bring a holistic understanding of the region’s business culture and investment community, and experience before key courts and regulatory agencies.

Our clients include many leading technology and platform companies that are revolutionizing the global economy, as well as public and privately held companies in life sciences, fintech, cryptocurrency, financial services, private equity firms and higher education institutions.

Our San Francisco-based litigation team assists clients facing high-stakes white collar criminal and regulatory enforcement matters, corporate investigations, and complex commercial disputes, and includes lawyers with extensive first-chair trial experience. The team is led by a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California and several former federal prosecutors and experienced commercial litigators. Over the past two decades, members of the team have successfully secured favorable outcomes for clients facing civil and criminal trials.

Our San Francisco private equity team represents a cornerstone of Paul, Weiss’s global private equity practice. We bridge Northern California’s dynamic investment ecosystem with Paul, Weiss’s private equity capabilities, delivering strategic insights and full service transactional experience. Our approach includes deep-rooted relationships with top-tier Northern California private equity firms, comprehensive strategic guidance informed by local market intelligence and seamless integration of regional knowledge and experience with our firm’s global private equity platform.

By combining local market understanding with international transaction sophistication, we navigate the most complex private equity landscapes, ensuring our clients achieve stellar strategic and financial outcomes.