Paul, Weiss Shortlisted Across Five Categories in M&A Advisor Awards

The M&A Advisor named Paul, Weiss a finalist across five categories in its 2024 M&A Advisor Awards. Corporate partner Michael Vogel was named a finalist for “Legal Advisor of the Year,” while the firm was shortlisted for “Consumer Discretionary Deal of the Year (over $1 billion)” and “Restructuring Deal of the Year ($1 - $5 billion)” for its role advising National CineMedia on its approved chapter 11 plan, and “Telecommunications Deal of the Year” and “Restructuring of the Year ($250 million - $1 billion)” for its role advising an ad hoc group of first lien term loan lenders to QualTek Services on its approved chapter 11 plan. The annual awards honor the year’s leading M&A transactions, restructurings, deal financings, services, firms and professionals.

The Paul, Weiss team on the National CineMedia restructuring included restructuring partners Paul Basta and Kyle Kimpler, and counsel Sarah Harnett; tax partner Robert Holo and counsel Anne McGinnis; litigation partners Jeffrey Recher, Lewis Clayton and Aidan Synnott, and counsel Jonathan Hurwitz; corporate partners David Huntington and Sung Pak; executive compensation partner Jean McLoughlin and counsel Ron Aizen; and intellectual property partner Claudine Meredith-Goujon.

The Paul, Weiss team on the QualTek restructuring included, among others, restructuring partners Elizabeth McColm and Andrew Rosenberg; corporate partners David Huntington, Sung Pak and Michael Vogel; tax partner David Mayo; real estate partner Peter Fisch; intellectual property partner Claudine Meredith-Goujon; antitrust counsel Marta Kelly and Yuni Sobel; and environmental counsel William O’Brien.

Winners will be announced at a ceremony on November 20.

» see the shortlists