Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Corporate

Corporate and M&A Partner

Paul advises on complex public and private M&A transactions and private equity investments.

Paul also has deep experience with de-SPAC transactions and PIPE financings.

Both in connection with and separate from these transactions, he counsels companies and their boards on stockholder activism, corporate governance, and fiduciary duty considerations. Paul has been recognized as a Dealmaker of the Year by The American Lawyer (2023), among the 500 leading dealmakers in the United States by Lawdragon 500 (2021, 2022), as a rising star for M&A by Law360, and among leading lawyers for M&A and activism by Legal 500 and M&A by IFLR1000. 

Member of the New York State bar and the Oregon State Bar Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

Stanford Law School, J.D. with distinction; Order of the Coif 2004

University of Oregon, B.A. summa cum laude 1999