Scott A. Barshay > Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Offices
1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6064
NEW YORK
United States
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Scott A. Barshay
Work Department
Corporate, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions
Position
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Education
J.D., Columbia Law School, 1991, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
B.A., Colgate University, 1988, Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
(Hall of Fame)Scott A. Barshay
– Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
(Leading lawyers: Advice to boards)Scott A. Barshay – Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
The ‘very consistent, high-caliber lawyers‘ in Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP‘s New York office are well versed in providing the full range of counsel to boards facing activist action from shareholders. Clients in this area include major multinationals in a plethora of industries and the team’s workload covers proxy contests, counsel through activist campaigns, and subsequent settlements. Scott A. Barshay is seen by one client as ‘the best activist defense lawyer in the USA‘ and his practice covers takeover defense, activism campaigns and proxy contests at the most prominent levels. Krishna Veeraraghavan, whose ‘impeccable legal knowledge differentiates him‘, is a key name for takeover defense, along with Kyle Seifried. Another senior figure is Jeffrey Marell, who has a diverse practice defending public companies and their boards against attacks.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Leading lawyers: Advice to boards United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Shareholder activism United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: plaintiff
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism