Paul D. Ginsberg

Paul D. Ginsberg is a partner, co-head of the mergers & acquisitions group and a member of the Management Committee of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, a prestigious international law firm based in New York.

Biography

Ginsberg was born in 1962 in Jackson Heights, Queens and is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School (1980), Union College (1984, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and the University of Chicago Law School (1987). He has spent his entire legal career at Paul, Weiss, beginning in the fall of 1987.

Career

Ginsberg was named a 2008 "Dealmaker of the Year" by The American Lawyer magazine for his role in the acquisition by Triarc Companies, Inc. of Wendy's International, Inc. and "Dealmaker of the Week" (October 23, 2009) for his role in the acquisition of First Republic Bank. He is listed in Legal 500 as a preeminent advisor for mergers & acquisitions (mega-deals) and private equity, which notes that he is "repeatedly praised for his ability in ‘complicated negotiations with strategic issues involved. He has an intellectual quality and comes to a measured conclusion - a smart, even-heeled lawyer who gets through the issues and understands what’s important to the client’."