Mr Ariel J. Deckelbaum > Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Ariel J. Deckelbaum

Work Department
Corporate, Media & Entertainment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity Transactions
Position
Education
LL.B., McGill University Faculty of Law, 1998 with distinction; B.C.L., McGill University Faculty of Law, 1998 with distinction; B.A., McGill University, 1993 first class joint honours
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
Large transactions, such as the Reverse Morris Trust transaction combining AT&T Inc.’s WarnerMedia business with Discovery are a specialty of the New York-based team at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP who are experts in the M&A, securities, and financing aspects of media and entertainment. Practice head Ariel J. Deckelbaum is an expert in public and private M&A transactions, joint ventures, and restructuring deals who represented the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of CBS Corp in the merger with Viacom. Robert B. Schumer acted alongside Deckelbaum on this matter, deploying his extensive experience in high-profile public company transactions. Further recommended is Michael Vogel, who advises media companies on M&A and other corporate matters.
Lawyer Rankings
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+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts
- 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
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- 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
- Industry focus > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- 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
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Industry focus > Healthcare: life sciences
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense