M&A/corporate and commercial
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is distinguished by its representation of global sponsors, sovereign wealth funds and institutional investors on complex, multi-jurisdictional buyouts and strategic investments. The team is particularly noted for handling cross-border buyouts and co-investment structures involving multiple sponsor and sovereign participants. The team also plays a role in the growing deployment of sponsor capital into emerging and strategically sensitive sectors such as professional sports and infrastructure-linked assets. Anchored in New York, the practice is jointly headed by M&A specialist David Leinwand, who is highly experienced at advising private equity sponsors on acquisitions and exits; and Matthew Salerno, who advises sponsors and corporates on public and private acquisitions, investments and contested transactions. John Kupiec is relied on for his knowledge of leveraged buyouts, take-privates, unsolicited bids and distressed situations; Paul Shim boasts bringing significant experience relevant to sponsor-led and public-to-private deals. Paul Imperatore is a key contact for sponsor-led platform investments and strategic disposals.
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Profile
Position
Paul J. Shim is Co-Leader of Cleary Gottlieb’s Americas M&A Group. Paul’s practice focuses on public and private merger and acquisition transactions for corporate, private equity, sovereign wealth fund and principal investor clients. He also provides advice regarding governance matters and the fiduciary duties of officers and directors to corporations and their boards, including advice related to shareholder activism preparation and response. Paul has been recognized multiple times as a “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer, and is ranked among leading M&A lawyers in all major directories.
Memberships
Paul is a member of the Bars in New York and New Jersey and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, as well as the District of New Jersey.
Education
In 1987, Mr. Shim received a J.D. degree, cum laude, from New York University School of Law, where he was an editor of the Law Review. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Testimonials
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‘Very technically sound, but also commercial. Rare mix of skills’
‘Matthew Salerno and Paul Imperatore are consistently fantastic. I trust their judgment and legal advice’
Key clients
- Warburg Pincus
- The Carlyle Group