Avocats – United States

Paul Smith

Senior Counsel - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Paul Spagnoletti

Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Paul Steadman

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Paul Sudentas

Associate - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Paul Swanson

Partner and Chair, Entertainment Finance

Loeb & Loeb LLP

Paul Sykes

Partner

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Paul T. Schnell

Partner

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Paul Tanaka

Paul Tanaka leads Kirkland’s Global Environmental Practice, serving as head environmental counsel for a large number of private equity firms and public companies. Paul’s clients rely on him to identify and strategically manage environmental regulatory compliance and other environmental liabilities. He is a big-picture thinker and creative problem solver that clients count on to be both commercial and practical, and to create bespoke and efficient solutions for everything from environmental crises to more routine matters of compliance and governance and all aspects of transactions. Paul’s work has included hundreds of successfully closed deals, which have involved a wide range of commercial transactions from small venture capital investments to large multi-national acquisitions and divestitures. Paul has particular experience in the energy and infrastructure space, including transactions involving power generation, oil and gas and renewable energy. He routinely conducts and coordinates environmental due diligence assessments, retains and supervises consultants and technical experts, counsels clients on liability and risk allocation issues, drafts and negotiates contracts and agreements, assists in procurement of environmental insurance and other risk-mitigating solutions, and pursues post-closing resolution of environmental issues. The Practice maintains a worldwide network of environmental consulting and insurance and legal professionals to provide clients with all necessary resources during or following their transactions.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Paul Tiao

Partner

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Paul Torchia

Paul Torchia has litigated intellectual property cases in a wide range of technical fields, including computer hardware and software, telecommunications, wireless networking, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals for clients including Dell EMC, Novartis, NetApp, Rubrik, Infor, AppDynamics, and Microsoft. He has tried seven patent cases, including before the District of Delaware, Northern District of California, Southern District of California, Eastern District of Texas, and the International Trade Commission.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Paul Tosetti

Partner

Latham & Watkins

Paul Trahan

Norton Rose Fulbright

Paul Tuchmann

Partner

Wiggin and Dana LLP

Paul Verbesey

Partner

Goodwin

Paul Walker-Bright

Counsel

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Paul Watterson

Paul N. Watterson, Jr. concentrates on structured product and derivative transactions, the formation and representation of credit funds, and capital markets regulation. Paul is counsel to many participants in the securitization, credit and derivatives markets. He represents underwriters, issuers and managers in structured financings, including collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). He is involved in many structured finance transactions that use credit derivatives, including regulatory capital transactions and repackagings. Schulte is widely acknowledged as having the nation’s premier investment management practice, and Paul advises many private investment funds on their transactions in derivatives and asset-backed securities, portfolio purchases and sales, and formation of risk retention vehicles. He has also been active in the creation of derivative products that reference hedge funds. Paul is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Expert Guide to the Best of the Best USA, Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Banking, Finance and Transactional Law Lawyers, The Legal 500 United States (Hall of Fame), New York Super Lawyers and PLC Which Lawyer? Multi-jurisdictional Guide: Capital Markets: Derivatives. After earning his A.B., cum laude, from Princeton University, Paul was an officer at the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York and London. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Paul served as a law clerk to the Honorable Leonard I. Garth, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and then as Assistant to the Mayor of the City of New York.

McDermott Will & Schulte

Paul Weber

Norton Rose Fulbright

Paul Werner

Paul Werner is a seasoned first-chair trial and appellate litigator with a national practice helping clients navigate high-stakes crises, investigations and disputes. He is a senior member of the Litigation practice and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. Paul’s clients include world leaders, Fortune 100 and 500 companies, luxury vehicle manufacturers, leading technology firms, private equity houses, healthcare systems and professional athletes. Known for his ability to deliver results, he defends clients in “bet-the-company” disputes, complex class actions and wide-ranging federal and state investigations. Paul has a proven track record of success in high-profile cases. He has defended major automobile manufacturers in class actions consolidated in federal MDLs, including one involving alleged design defects, and successfully represented a named defendant in opioid-related MDL litigation seeking billions in damages. He also helped a communications provider association defeat class certification in a landmark case involving utility easements. Currently, Paul is representing a leading online marketplace in a highly publicized MDL stemming from a data breach affecting hundreds of millions of customers. Beyond litigation, Paul represents clients in domestic and international arbitrations, including a high-stakes dispute between satellite providers. He also guides companies through complex government investigations, recently resolving a far-reaching DOJ, FDA and DEA investigation for a national healthcare company in just 18 months with no action taken. Paul advises clients on communications and technology law, representing them in regulatory matters before the FCC, state commissions and international tribunals. He also teaches technology and communications law at Vanderbilt University Law School. Clients value Paul’s ability to craft winning strategies, whether in the courtroom, at the negotiating table or navigating complex regulatory landscapes. His work is often featured in the media, including Law360, and he is known for his relentless focus on achieving exceptional outcomes. Dedicated to pro bono service, Paul has achieved significant victories in environmental litigation, including securing a permanent federal ban on commercial mining in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed. He also represents advocacy organizations in litigation to protect endangered species and America’s coldwater fisheries.

Sheppard

Paul Wessel

Co-Chair of Weil's Tax Department and Head of Weil's Executive Compensation & Benefits practice

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Paul Wierenga

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Paul Williams

Partner - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Paul Winterhalter

Principal

Offit Kurman

Paul Zumbro

Paul H. Zumbro is Head of Cravath’s Financial Restructuring & Reorganization (FR&R) Practice. His practice focuses on restructuring transactions and related financings, both in and out of court, as well as bankruptcy M&A transactions.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Paulina García de León

Associate

Greenberg Traurig