Ms Jane B. O'Brien > 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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Ms Jane B. O'Brien
Work Department
Litigation, Antitrust, Securities Litigation
Career
Education
J.D., New York University School of Law
cum laude
B.A., Yale College
with distinction
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
(Next Generation Partners)Jane B. O’Brien –Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York has a strong bench of experienced securities litigators who are frequently involved in the most high-profile matters in the market. Firm chair Brad Karp is one of many standout partners, and his work in defeating an attempt to assert derivative claims on behalf of public pension funds against asset managers hired by those funds, following a landmark victory in Kentucky State Court, will have significant repercussions. Co-chairs of securities litigation Susanna Buergel, Andrew Ehrlich and Audra Soloway are also among the most sought-after counsel for securities matters. Soloway and standout partner Daniel Kramer are representing Amazon.com, Inc., and various executives in a putative class action alleging false and misleading statements or omissions were made regarding the company’s interactions with third-party sellers in its marketplace. Buergel is Morgan Stanley’s lead counsel in private and regulatory securities matters. The list of key practitioners is extensive and includes Ken Gallo and Jane O’Brien, who are both involved in high-stakes matters for Citigroup; Theodore Wells, who is advising ExxonMobil on a securities case concerning climate change; and Gregory Laufer, who is a key advisor to Goldman Sachs. Richard Rosen retired from the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Securities litigation: defense United States > Dispute resolution
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)