Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP advises public and private companies, investors, and private equity sponsors on telecoms, broadcast and satellite deals. Typical matters includes M&A deals, asset acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, capital markets transactions, and financings. The team is well equipped to assist with cross-border transactions, helping clients navigate antitrust clearance and regulatory implications. Brian Lavin jointly leads the New York team with Ravi Purohit, the former focusing on corporate transactions and the latter excelling in infrastructure deals.
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Testimonials
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- 'Paul Weiss has exceptional lawyers, and the firm offers remarkable breadth and depth of capabilities across geographies, industry groups, and practice areas. From complex mergers and acquisitions to esoteric financing structures, we have been consistently impressed with the capabilities of the firm over more than two decades.'
- 'Paul Weiss brings the capabilities and resources of a large firm, but can consistently maintain the attention and focus of its key partners on client transactions in a very hands-on manner.'
- 'I have worked most closely with Brian Lavin at Paul Weiss, who has represented our client and its portfolio companies in more than a dozen transactions over the past two decades. Brian is a highly capable lawyer who appreciates the complexity and nuances of mergers and acquisitions and also possesses industry expertise in the communications and digital infrastructure sector, in which he has consistently delivered great results for his clients over time.'
- 'Brian is very pragmatic and understands what points really matter in a transaction and to his clients. He majors on the major, so to speak, and does not get bogged down arguing every point to death when there are really only a few key things that matter in any given deal. Brian is also great at recognizing when other practice areas of his firm will be valuable and bringing in additional expertise as necessary in order to provide the right resources for each transaction. We have referred Brian to our other clients and will continue to do so going forward.'
Key clients
- American Tower Corporation
- Blackstone Infrastructure Partners
- Diamond Sports Group
- DigitalBridge Group
- Crown Castle
- Greenlight Networks
- Metronet
- Oak Hill Capital
- QTS
- TowerCo
Practice head
Brian Lavin; Ravi Purohit