Paul Weiss, long known as a top-tier litigation law firm, has surpassed storied New York rivals to also become a mergers and acquisitions behemoth.
The firm’s lawyers advised on more than $261 billion worth of deals last year to rank fifth on Bloomberg Law’s League Tables, up from 31st a decade ago. Paul Weiss topped M&A stalwarts including New York’s Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, and Cravath Swaine & Moore.
“Paul Weiss is definitely no longer just a very powerful litigation firm,” said Alisa Levin, co-founder of search firm Greene-Levin-Snyder Legal ...