ProfessionalsBruce Gruder

Bruce Gruder
Counsel
Tel: +1-212-373-3038
Fax: +1-212-492-0038
emailbgruder@paulweiss.com
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York,
NY
10019-6064
Fax: +1-212-492-0038
- Practices
- Corporate
- Finance
- Private Equity
- Practices:
- Corporate
- Finance
- Private Equity
EXPERIENCE
As counsel in the Corporate Department, Bruce Gruder's practice has included a wide variety of finance matters, including CDO's, secured financings, private placements, registered offerings of debt securities and corporate restructurings. His clients include private equity firms, investment advisers, investment banks and other financial institutions, as well as private and public companies engaged in manufacturing, leasing, business services and communications.
Mr. Gruder served as an editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems and was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
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