Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

The team at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP acts as trusted advisers to institutional and independent hedge fund managers, displaying strong capabilities across private equity, credit and hedge funds. The team is led by Udi Grofman, Marco Masotti, Brian Kim, Claudine Meredith-Goujon, Steven Williams, and Scott Barshay. Grofman’s extensive practice covers fund formation across hedge funds, credit funds, hybrid funds, private equity funds, as well as crisis management entailing internal investigations, regulatory examinations, investigations and litigation, while Masotti advises on a vast array of funds to some of the biggest names within the fund space. Kim focuses his practice on acquisition financing, distressed debt and other financing transactions, that assist overleveraged companies in restructuring their finances and Meredith-Goujon specializes in intellectual property transactions assisting public companies and private equity firms  leverage their IP assets. With vast experience in public company private equity transactions, Williams advises clients on auctions, joint ventures, carve-outs, and spin-outs while Barshay is well-regarded for his work on M&A transactions.