Paul, Weiss is a leading legal advisor to private equity sponsors, private and public companies and investors throughout Europe. Our expertise spans the full range of M&A, financing, capital markets, tax, antitrust, IP and technology transfer practices for our clients’ most complex, cross-border transactional matters.
Our Practice
Underpinned by a deep and diverse roster of top tier talent, clients look to our European practice when investing, transacting or operating in or from Europe. Our dynamic London- and Brussels-based team collaborates closely with our New York and other offices and can advise on global and pan European transactions together with local elite advisors.
M&A: Showcasing some of Europe’s finest M&A lawyers, we handle all forms of cross-border M&A and other complex corporate transactions for leading public and private companies, private equity firms, management teams and their portfolio companies, as well as the largest and most sophisticated asset management firms in a variety of GP-led M&A deals. Our work spans all Europe, and also often has touchpoints with the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia.
Financing: We offer unmatched capabilities in Europe in structuring and executing all types of sponsor-focused financings. Lawyers in our London office have been at the forefront of innovations in financing structures for the past two decades, and have executed many of the market’s largest and most complex cross-border financings in Europe.
Capital Markets: Our top-tier European capital markets team has advised on many of the most complex sponsor capital markets transactions from its London base. The team offers comprehensive capital markets capabilities, including in connection with high-yield debt offerings, IPOs, liability management transactions and other complex securities transactions throughout all Europe.
Investment Funds: Our preeminent European funds team, operating from our London office, represents many of the world's leading private equity sponsors and alternative asset managers in their most sophisticated fund formations and operations. The team provides comprehensive coverage across the European funds landscape, from debut vehicles to complex successor funds, delivering innovative solutions informed by deep market knowledge and backed by proprietary data spanning thousands of fund terms and precedents.
Restructuring: Our London-based restructuring team regularly advises on complex European and cross-border restructuring matters, representing debtors, creditors, and other key stakeholders across a range of industries. The team brings particular expertise to multi-jurisdictional mandates, distressed M&A situations, and innovative liability management transactions, working seamlessly with our broader global restructuring practice on the most challenging European restructuring matters.
Antitrust and Foreign Direct Investment: Our UK and Brussels-based antitrust team has helped shepherd myriad global transactions through merger reviews, foreign investment reviews and foreign subsidies regulation filings across the UK and Europe. The team offers clear, commercial advice on merger control risk, including effective clearance strategies, and also advises on EU and UK antitrust investigations and litigation.
Financial Regulation: Our London financial regulation team provides sophisticated regulatory advice to asset managers, investment funds and financial institutions operating in the UK and European markets. The team works closely with clients to navigate an evolving regulatory landscape while achieving their strategic objectives.
IP & Technology: Our European intellectual property practitioners are versatile, experienced lawyers who understand the interplay of business objectives, practical pressures and timing. Our strategic IP management advice helps clients navigate the complex and dynamic IP landscape and leverage their IP portfolio as a competitive advantage. We use market-practice methodologies, data-driven insights and innovative tech tools to help clients manage their IP assets efficiently and effectively.
Tax: Our European tax team includes some of the UK’s leading tax lawyers, who regularly work with local and global tax advisors to provide comprehensive tax advice for our clients’ most important transactions. The team advises on tax aspects of public and private M&A transactions, financings and capital markets transactions, fund-level transactions and formations, and corporate restructurings.