Daniel J. Toal > Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Offices
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NEW YORK, NY 10019-6064
NEW YORK
United States
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Daniel J. Toal
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Work Department
Litigation, Financial Institutions, Securities Litigation, Employment, International Arbitration, E-Discovery
Position
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Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1995 cum laude
A.B., Dartmouth College, 1990
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Industry focus > Sport
Regularly delivering ‘unmatched results’ and displaying ‘unparalleled knowledge’, the Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP practice has extensive expertise in advising international and domestic clients on all aspects of litigation, transactional, and regulatory affairs. The team is renowned for both its corporate and contentious offering in the sports area, frequently handling multi-jurisdictional M&A, debt finance transactions, and sponsorship deals in addition to overseeing high-profile settlements. New York-based chairperson Brad Karp being an expert litigator- covering claims ranging from concussion litigation to racial discrimination class actions. Lynn Bayard is knowledgeable in tort and negligence proceedings within sport, whilst the ‘standout’ Chris Boehning has vast experience in high-stakes regulatory and civil litigation in addition to advising major sports leagues and federations on transactional issues. Claudia Hammerman is a key contact for clients in commercial disputes and internal investigations, and Daniel J. Toal specializes in antitrust and private securities contentious matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: plaintiff
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism