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Alex Kaufman

Work Department
Corporate
Position
Alex S. Kaufman is a partner in the Private Equity practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Palo Alto office. Mr. Kaufman advises private equity funds and standalone technology companies on mergers and acquisitions transactions, including leveraged buyouts, growth equity investments, and divestitures, with an emphasis on the software and technology sectors. His clients have included many of the leading technology-focused buyout and growth equity funds in the Bay Area. Mr. Kaufman also serves as U.S. counsel to numerous Israeli technology companies.
Mr. Kaufman graduated, with honors, from the Emory University School of Law, where he served as senior editor of the Emory International Law Review, president of the Jewish Law Students Association, and senior advisor to the Federalist Society. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Education
Emory University School of Law, J.D. 2007
University of Pennsylvania, B.A. 2003
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Finance > Commercial lending
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious