Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is a premier firm of more than 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. With 10 offices across North America, Europe and Asia, and a robust international network, the firm represents many of the world’s largest and most important public and private corporations, asset managers and financial institutions, as well as clients in need of pro bono assistance. We consistently earn high praise for our collaborative, commercial approach, providing novel and efficient solutions to otherwise intractable situations.

The firm is widely recognized as having market-leading practices in private equity, public company M&A, litigation, white collar and regulatory defense, and restructuring. Within these broad practices, we also offer numerous market-leading specialized practices, including intellectual property and technology transactions, finance, capital markets, private funds, competition/antitrust, tax, executive compensation and real estate, among others. Our firm is at the forefront of legal innovation and offers a full suite of premier legal services to clients across borders.

Litigation:

No other law firm can approach Paul, Weiss’s experience and record of success in the most complex, high-stakes disputes in U.S. federal and state courts and before major arbitration bodies. With a deep bench that includes many of the country’s most accomplished trial lawyers and former senior government officials, our Litigation Department is uniquely positioned to handle multifaceted crises, from sprawling cross-border, multi-regulator enforcement actions to parallel private litigation. We are regularly entrusted with fast-moving, franchise-threatening matters because of our ability to develop and execute a winning strategy, no matter the problem or adversary, and to see the matter through to the ultimate resolution, whether at trial or before the Supreme Court.

White Collar & Regulatory Defense:

Clients facing white collar and regulatory enforcement challenges look to Paul, Weiss to protect their businesses and reputations and manage the behind-the-scenes interplay among competing regulators and enforcement agencies. We handle a vast range of regulatory and enforcement inquiries, including across jurisdictions. Our lawyers are adept at conducting internal investigations on behalf of companies, boards, audit committees and special litigation committees.

Broader Practice:

We are widely recognized for our expertise in many specialized litigation, regulatory defense and investigatory areas, including, among others: Anti-Corruption & Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; Anti-Money Laundering; Antitrust; Artificial Intelligence; Restructuring Litigation; Congressional Investigations; Copyright & Trademark Litigation; Crisis Management; Cryptocurrency & Blockchain; Cybersecurity & Data Protection; Employment, Workplace Investigations & Trade Secrets; ERISA, Pension & Benefits Litigation; False Claims Act & Qui Tam Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is a global law firm of more than 1,500 lawyers focused on helping clients navigate their most complex legal and business challenges. With 11 offices across North America, Europe and Asia, the firm represents many of the world’s largest and most important public and private corporations, asset managers and financial institutions, while maintaining an unwavering commitment to pro bono service. We consistently earn high praise for our collaborative, commercial approach, providing novel and efficient solutions to otherwise intractable situations.

The firm is widely recognized as having internationally recognized core business areas in corporate, litigation and restructuring. Within these areas, we also offer numerous specialized practices. Our firm is committed to legal innovation and offers a full suite of legal services to clients across practices, industries and jurisdictions.

Litigation:
Paul, Weiss’s Litigation Department brings together experienced and accomplished trial lawyers who have handled some of the most significant, high-stakes and complex litigations and enforcement actions. The team regularly represents Fortune 50 corporations and other prominent companies across the financial services, investment, medical device, pharmaceutical, sports, technology, energy, media and insurance industries. Chief executives, board chairs, general counsel, investors and entrepreneurs rely on our litigators’ trial experience, sophisticated business judgment and strategic advice.

We are known first and foremost as trial lawyers, with the experience and confidence to take cases all the way, especially when the stakes are the greatest. Our litigators have tried and argued cases in virtually every forum, including state and federal trial and appellate courts, the U.S. bankruptcy courts and the Delaware Court of Chancery, U.S. and international arbitration panels and mediators, and administrative tribunals of all kinds. While we are always ready to go to trial, we leverage our readiness and reputation to strike favorable settlements and minimize regulatory risks.

Corporations, financial services and private equity firms, investors and leading executives also turn to the Litigation Department when threatened with serious government investigations and enforcement actions. We are deeply experienced in managing the behind-the-scenes interplay between competing regulators and law enforcement agencies, having navigated and resolved some of the largest regulatory matters in recent decades.

Our litigators include former senior officials at the U.S. Department of Justice, the White House, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the New York State Attorney General’s office.

The Litigation Department is also widely recognized for its extensive experience and sensitive handling of internal investigations. We are often among the first called in highly charged situations where boards and corporations face intense regulatory and public scrutiny.

Broader Practice:
We are widely recognized for our knowledge and experience in many specialized areas, including Anti-Corruption & Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; Antitrust; Artificial Intelligence; Commercial Litigation; Congressional Investigations; Copyright & Trademark Litigation; Cybersecurity & Data Protection; E-Discovery; Economic Sanctions & Anti-Money Laundering; Employment, Workplace Investigations & Trade Secrets; ERISA, Pension & Benefits Litigation; False Claims Act & Qui Tam Litigation; Foreign Direct Investment Regulation; Internal Investigations; International Arbitration; Investigations; Investment Funds Litigation; Latin America; Mass Torts & Product Liability; Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation; National Security & CFIUS; Patent Litigation; Restructuring Litigation; Securities Litigation; Supreme Court & Appellate Litigation; and White Collar & Regulatory Defense.
n; Financial Services Litigation & Investigations; Foreign Direct Investment Regulation; Insurance Litigation; Internal Investigations; International Arbitration; Investigations; Investment Management Litigation; Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation; National Security & CFIUS; Patent Litigation; Product Liability & Mass Torts Litigation; Sanctions; Securities Litigation; and Supreme Court & Appellate Litigation.