Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Chairman: Brad S. Karp

Deputy Chair: Valerie E. Radwaner

Key Contacts: Adam M. Givertz, Head, Toronto

Firm Overview:

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 11 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 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 finance, capital markets, private funds, competition/antitrust, tax, executive compensation and real estate, among others.

Toronto:

The firm’s vibrant Canada practice, among the largest of any U.S. law firm, is the product of a half-century of involvement with entities doing business in Canada. Paul, Weiss lawyers in Canada and in the U.S. assist clients across a wide range of industries with their cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity and capital markets transactions.

Because cross-border transactions often require an interdisciplinary approach, the Toronto office collaborates closely with all of the firm’s practice groups and global offices, providing counsel on U.S. securities laws, corporate governance, tax, employee benefits, litigation and arbitration, antitrust, intellectual property, project finance, restructuring, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, environmental and other regulatory and compliance matters. The Toronto office practices only U.S. law, working closely with leading Canadian law firms as appropriate in order to provide seamless counsel to our clients.

M&A:

No U.S. firm has greater expertise than Paul, Weiss in cross-border transactions between U.S. and Canadian companies. Our lawyers are consistently ranked as top Canadian M&A dealmakers in MergerLinks league tables. They advise on the full range of tactical and legal issues in negotiated and hostile transactions and on post-acquisition integration, including tax, antitrust and executive compensation advice, as well as on proxy contests. We bring exhaustive knowledge of market terms and deal pressure points.

Cross-Border Capital Markets:

Our firm is the go-to counsel for Canadian issuers and their underwriters seeking access to U.S. capital markets. We have been issuer or underwriter counsel to over a dozen of the 20 largest Canadian public companies and advise on U.S. and dual-listed public and private offerings involving all types of equity and debt securities. We are sought after by boards and executives for our advice regarding U.S. legislative and regulatory developments, SEC compliance and corporate governance matters.

Private Equity:

Our team works closely with prominent Canadian private equity and other alternative funds and Canadian financial services companies. We have longstanding and significant relationships with some of Canada’s largest pension plans, representing them in their U.S. investments, as well as other cross-border matters.

Restructuring:

Canadian clients frequently rely on Paul, Weiss for its expertise in litigation and restructuring. Long recognized as one of the premier litigation firms in the United States, we handle our Canadian clients’ most significant and threatening cross-border lawsuits and U.S. administrative proceedings and regulatory investigations. We have also been retained by Canadian debtors and their creditors in many of the largest and highest-profile cross-border restructurings in recent years, including leading roles in chapter 11 and chapter 15 proceedings, Canadian-U.S. cross-border insolvency proceedings, out-of-court workouts and asset sales involving distressed companies.

Additional Global Corporate Capabilities

Paul, Weiss is widely recognized as preeminent in numerous other corporate practices, including: 

• Activist Defence
• Corporate Governance
• Energy & Infrastructure Transactions
• Hybrid Capital & Special Situations
• Insurance Transactions
• Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions
• Investment Funds
• Leveraged Finance
• Structured Finance & Securitisations

Additional Global Transaction-Focused Practices

We are also preeminent in myriad transaction-focused practices, including:

• Competition and Merger Proceedings
• Digital Technology & AI
• ESG Guidance and Audits
• Executive Compensation
• Financial Services
• M&A Disputes and Delaware Litigation
• National Security and CFIUS Transactional Matters
• Real Estate

Disputes and Regulatory Defence:

No other firm can approach Paul, Weiss’s experience and record of success in the most complex disputes and regulatory enforcement defense matters, including high-stakes, fast-moving multijurisdictional matters and international arbitrations. Our renowned U.S.-based trial team is a particularly powerful advantage in U.S. litigation, whether in the courtroom or at the settlement table. Our deep bench includes the country’s most accomplished trial lawyers and former senior government officials, positioning us to handle multifaceted crises, from sprawling multi-regulator enforcement actions to parallel U.S. private litigation. Our focus is on managing the behind-the-scenes interplay among competing regulators and protecting our clients’ businesses and reputations. We are widely recognized in a number of specialized areas, including:

• Anti-Corruption & Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• Antitrust Litigation & Cartel Matters
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Crisis Management
• Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
• Cybersecurity & Data Protection
• Digital Technology & AI
• Economic Sanctions & Anti-Money Laundering
• Employment Litigation, Workplace Litigation and Trade Secrets
• Financial Services Litigation
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Internal Investigations
• National Security, CFIUS and FARA Matters
• U.S. Congressional Investigations
• U.S. False Claims Act & Qui Tam Litigation
• U.S. Securities & Class Action Litigation
• U.S. Supreme Court & Appellate Litigation