Ms. Weiss Mitchel

Leon Black gave £2mn to Russian model for British visa

...Susan Estrich, an attorney who represents Black, said: “What is not clear is what Ms Ganieva did with the money to obtain her visa in the UK and her immigration status.”...

April 27, 2022

US Securities and Exchange Commission

US judge faults ex-SEC enforcement chief for conduct in Exxon case

...The evidence suggested that Oh and Snell had jointly planned the evasive deposition strategy, Lamberth found, writing: “Ms Oh is therefore responsible alongside Mr Snell for his misconduct.”...

May 10, 2021

FT Live

Investing in America

Foreign companies as drivers of US growth, resilience and competitiveness

News in-depthUS foreign policy

Biden faces first foreign policy test with Russian balancing act

...Instead, Ms Psaki said the president had tasked the US intelligence community for its “full assessment” of both incidents — as well as over allegations of Russian interference in US elections and reports...

January 22, 2021

Moral Money

Boris Johnson’s green gambit greeted with scepticism Premium

...In October, more than 600 law students from Harvard and other top schools delivered a petition to Paul Weiss asking the firm to drop Exxon as a client....

November 20, 2020

Patrick Gathara

Media audiences are talking back

...There is a critical difference between the way Ms Weiss and the senior editors frame the raging conflicts about the limits of acceptable debate....

July 23, 2020

Pilita Clark

How constant Slack messaging has made work more taxing

...I have no idea who wrote what about Ms Weiss on it inside the New York Times, nor do I know whether her bosses should have done something about it....

July 19, 2020

FT Live

Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific

Celebrating innovations from both law firms and in-house teams in the region

Democratic Party US

Wall Street takes aim at Ocasio-Cortez in party primary

...Fifteen attorneys from the prominent New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison have donated to Ms Caruso-Cabrera including the firm’s chairman Brad Karp, a leading Democratic fundraiser...

June 18, 2020

Airlines

Airlines ask passengers to subsidise green fuel to help cut emissions

...asked Ms Holmgren, who is aiming for an equivalent price of $80 at her Georgia plant....

August 19, 2020

Coronavirus

Corporate lawyers in high demand as coronavirus hits businesses

...“It will take months before this really ramps up and parties end up in litigation,” said Ms Keane of Seddons, “but I certainly see a lot of that on the cards.”...

March 13, 2020

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo’s chief lures another JPMorgan executive

...The changes represent a significant reduction in the portfolio of Ms Mack, a 25-year Wells veteran....

February 12, 2020

News in-depthUK economy

Scrutiny mounts over corporate funding of the arts

...Mr Weiss said reliance on private money was the same in the US....

October 2, 2019

Legal services

In-house lawyers take control in push for firm diversity

...“We can take [the criticism] because we have a good record [on diversity],” says Brad Karp, chairman of Paul Weiss....

June 19, 2019

News in-depthBeauty

Bubble bursts for US make-up market

...Ali Weiss, head of marketing at New York-based Glossier, said it created its Futuredew oil-serum hybrid product to respond to women’s desires for a barely there clean look....

March 7, 2020

beyondbricsChina

How the US should frame its approach to China

...volatile neighbours and capable democracies; its demographic prognosis is among the bleakest in the world; it has few, if any, stable allies, only transactional partners; and its ideology — what Jessica Chen Weiss...

July 24, 2019

News in-depthChinese society

Three decades after Tiananmen, China’s youth loses faith in US

...Young people, “netizens” who spent a lot of time online and the political elite are more hawkish in their views than the broader population, Ms Chen Weiss says, citing studies of Chinese public opinion....

June 2, 2019

FT Live

Innovative Lawyers Summit

Guiding business in a new global age

News in-depthFund management

The rise of ‘quantamental’ investing: where man and machine meet

...“Behavioural change is the hardest part,” said Ms Flynn Levy, herself a former money manager....

November 20, 2018

News in-depthMergers & Acquisitions

Occidental snubs hostile takeover boutiques in Anadarko bid

...That includes Credit Suisse’s Greg Weinberger, an adviser to some of the world’s largest energy groups, and Scott Barshay, a partner at Paul Weiss, who has advised General Electric, IBM and Harris Corporation...

April 25, 2019

Huawei under fire

China detains second Canadian citizen

...Ms Meng secured bail this week and is staying in her Vancouver home....

December 13, 2018

Mergers & Acquisitions

IBM to buy software pioneer Red Hat for $34bn

...Goldman Sachs, Lazard, JPMorgan Chase and Paul, Weiss advised IBM. Guggenheim Securities, Morgan Stanley and Skadden advised Red Hat....

October 28, 2018

Professional services

Pennsylvania state court breakthrough on gerrymandering

...Brad Karp, chairman of Paul, Weiss, says: “Whenever you see an authority disregard the rule of law, lawyers need to step forward to protect it....

December 11, 2018

InterviewBusiness Book Club podcast

Treating colleagues as fellow humans means we all prosper

...“We are not wired to sustain that kind of a response,” Ms Weiss says....

March 20, 2018

Pilita Clark

Corporate wellbeing is no substitute for good management

...Ms Weiss thinks one can find meaning and joy at work by developing one’s sense of purpose and embracing mindfulness. I admit I approached the book with a sense of dread....

April 22, 2018

Cyber Security

Wall Street’s ‘top cop’ keeps companies on toes over hack attacks

...“All of these events collectively . . . really made it imperative that we do something,” says Ms Vullo, a former litigation partner at law firm Paul Weiss....

March 15, 2018

Disrupters

FT Top 10 legal innovators for North America

...“Earning a seat at the table” of the firm’s executive committee has been critical in the execution of these tasks, Ms Black says....

December 12, 2017

John Gapper

Law firm partnerships are losing their lustre

...The pivotal move came in 2016, when Scott Barshay, another dealmaker, moved from Cravath to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison for similar money. One could simply blame greed....

May 16, 2018

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