Scott A. Barshay > 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
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Scott A. Barshay

Work Department
Corporate, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions
Position
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Education
J.D., Columbia Law School, 1991, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
B.A., Colgate University, 1988, Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
(Hall of Fame)Scott A. Barshay – Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
(Leading lawyers: Advice to boards)Scott A. Barshay – Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
With a consistent track record of success against the largest activist groups, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP‘s shareholder activist practice know every move in the activist fund repertoire, excelling in offering proactive advice to boards facing takeover attempts and proxy battles, as well as on strategic risk management, SEC compliance and fiduciary practice. The department is led by Scott A. Barshay, widely regarded as one of the most talented lawyers of his generation, who excels in every facet a board could be advised on and handles a broad and complex workload for some of the largest public companies to have been faced with challenges from shareholder activists. The diverse skillset of the practice is illustrated by the presences of James Langston and Kyle Seifried, experts in hostile takeover defense and preparedness, and Krishna Veeraraghavan, who advises boards on the full range of corporate governance matters. All attorneys based out of New York.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Leading lawyers: Advice to boards United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Shareholder activism United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: plaintiff
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- 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: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Tax > International tax
- 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
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- International trade and national security > National Security
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense