Brian C. Lavin > 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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Brian C. Lavin
Position
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Education
J.D., Boston College Law School, 2007
magna cum laude
M.B.A., Boston College, 2008
B.A., Yale College, 2002
cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP combines expertise in private equity and M&A with experience working in the telecoms industry, making it well-equipped to advise on the full range of possible transactions. The firm has a track record working on cutting-edge corporate transactions, and has been retained as counsel by both high-profile telecoms operators as well as some of the most active investors. The practice also has a broad geographic reach, working on major cross-border transactions in Europe alongside a large number of terrestrial clients. Operating from New York, Bruce Gutenplan brings extensive experience in the full range of corporate transactions, with a more specific focus on infrastructure in the telecoms space. Brian Lavin is also notable for his work in a number of major M&A and financings, working with major investors in the telecoms space on their business-critical infrastructure transactions including some novel financing mandates.
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
The market leading private equity practice at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP boasts a particularly impressive and diverse selection of clients, representing some of the largest institutional asset managers and most prominent middle market and growth equity firms encompassing the likes of Blackstone, Ares, and Oak Hill Capital. Handling a steady stream of complex and bespoke mandates, the firm covers the full range of investment and exit transactions including leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, PIPE transactions, and venture capital deals. Practice co-head Matthew W. Abbott leads the firm’s relationship with powerhouse General Atlantic and is the go-to lawyer for domestic and cross-border transactions such as leveraged acquisitions, minority investments and divestitures. Co-head Taurie M. Zeitzer is a highly visible figure in the market, having advised Apollo on its $5bn acquisition of Verizon Media. Ellen Ching and Neil Goldman are highly accomplished in the PE M&A space, while Brian Lavin has developed a distinguished reputation for his work with leading middle-market firms and their portfolio companies. Brian Scrivani is noted for his critical role representing Intrado Corporation in the $2.4bn sale of its safety business to Stonepeak. Sarah Stasny and Angelo Bonvino bring vast experience advising on high-value acquisitions and investments, both trusted advisors to Kohlberg & Co. Justin Rosenberg has an established track record when it comes to the spectrum of investment matters including complex cross-border transactions, while Ted Ackerman offers a particularly wide range of industry expertise from retail and hospitality to manufacturing and technology. All attorneys are located in New York.
Lawyer Rankings
- Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+) United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
- Telecoms and broadcast: transactions United States > Media, technology and telecoms
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)