Harris B. Freidus > 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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Harris B. Freidus

Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1987
A.B., Harvard College, 1983
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP‘s real estate department is involved in numerous high-profile real estate transactions. The firm has a broad range of expertise, which sees it regularly engaged by leading private equity firms, gaming and resort companies, healthcare companies, hospitality companies, and major universities. Furthermore, the firm acts as outside counsel to major public and private companies, alongside government institutions and municipalities. The team benefits from the diverse experience of co-heads Harris B. Freidus, Peter E. Fisch, and Salvatore Gogliormella, all based in the New York office, who have expertise in a range of real estate and infrastructure asset classes. Gogliormella is particularly noted for his experience in the healthcare industry, representing large REITs and other investors.
Lawyer Rankings
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