Mr Brad S. Karp > Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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NEW YORK, NY 10019-6064
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Mr Brad S. Karp
Work Department
Litigation, Cybersecurity & Data Protection, Financial Institutions, Insurance, International Arbitration, Securities Litigation, White Collar & Regulatory Defense
Position
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1984 cum laude; B.A., Union College, 1981 summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
(Leading trial lawyers)Brad S. Karp 
– Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Firm chairman and New York-based Brad S. Karp represents the world’s most important global banks, PE firms, corporations, and sports leagues in high-stakes business disputes. In a significant case for future litigations concerning SPAC transactions, Karp is representing former directors of Churchill Capital Corp. in connection with a stockholder class action regarding Churchill’s $1 billion merger with MultiPlan Corp.
Brad S. Karp – Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Firm chairman and New York-based Brad S. Karp represents the world’s most important global banks, PE firms, corporations, and sports leagues in high-stakes business disputes. In a significant case for future litigations concerning SPAC transactions, Karp is representing former directors of Churchill Capital Corp. in connection with a stockholder class action regarding Churchill’s $1 billion merger with MultiPlan Corp.
United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
(Hall of Fame)United States > Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
(Hall of Fame)United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
(Hall of Fame)United States > Industry focus > Sport
(Hall of Fame)Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > Industry focus > Sport
- Hall of Fame United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Hall of Fame United States > Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Hall of Fame United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Leading trial lawyers United States > Dispute resolution
- Leading trial lawyers United States > Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
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
- 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+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: plaintiff
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)