Paul Hastings

Paul Hastings LLP
No. of offices24
No. of attorneys1,175 (2025)
Major practice areasFinance, M&A, private equity, private credit, litigation, restructurings, white collar and government disputes, energy, infrastructure, intellectual property, employment, real estate
Key people
  • Frank Lopez, Chair
  • Sherrese Smith, Managing Partner
RevenueIncrease $2.68 billion (2025)
Profit per equity partnerIncrease $8.33 million (2025)
Date foundedNovember 1, 1951
FounderLee Paul, Robert Hastings, Leonard Janofsky
Company typeLimited liability partnership
Websitepaulhastings.com

Paul Hastings LLP is an American multinational white-shoe law firm with more than 1,000 lawyers in 24 offices throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia. The firm represents clients in finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, private credit, and litigation fields.[1][2]

The firm specializes in white collar and government disputes, energy, infrastructure, and intellectual property.[3] It is one of the largest law firms in the world in terms of revenue.

History

Paul Hastings' largest office is located at 200 Park Avenue, New York

Paul Hastings was founded in Los Angeles in 1951 by Lee Paul, Robert Hastings, and Leonard Janofsky. Its largest office is in New York, with additional offices located in the United States and throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America.[4][5] Per the The American Lawyer, Paul Hastings has more than tripled its profit rate per partner over the last two decades.[6]

In 2021, the firm announced that long-standing chair Seth Zachary would step down.[6] Frank Lopez, partner and co-head of the firm's securities and capital markets practice, was voted chair-elect and became chair as of October 2022, while D.C.–based Sherrese Smith, vice chair of the firm's data privacy and cybersecurity practice, was elected managing partner.[6]

In November 2023, amid clashes at several college campuses due to the 2023 Israel-Hamas war, Paul Hastings was one of two dozen law firms that submitted a letter to 14 American law school deans, denouncing anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and racism. The letter also advised mentors of future law graduates about entrenched workplace policies against harassment or discrimination.[7]

Notable attorney partners

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Will Private Credit Produce Another Kirkland?". The American Lawyer. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  2. ↑ Strom, Roy (September 3, 2024). "Paul Hastings Hiring Surge Pays Dividends as Lawyer Demand Grows". Bloomberg. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Paul Hastings LLP, Global | Chambers Profiles". Chambers.com. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Paul Hastings LLP - The Inside View". Chambers-associate.com. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Paul Hastings LLP - Offices". Paulhastings.com. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 Smith, Patrick (October 11, 2021). "After More Than 2 Decades, Seth Zachary stepped down as Chair of Paul Hastings". The American Lawyer. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  7. ↑ Sorkin, Andrew Ross; Mattu, Ravi; Warner, Bernhard; Kessler, Sarah; de la Merced, Michael J.; Hirsch, Lauren; Livni, Ephrat (November 2, 2023). "Law Firms Warn Universities About Antisemitism on Campus". The New York Times. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  8. ↑ Thrush, Glenn; Goldman, Adam (March 5, 2025). "Attorney General's Brother Seeks to Lead D.C. Bar Association". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Ralph Bernard Everett's Biography". The HistoryMakers.
  10. ↑ Mike Scarcella (November 17, 2023). "US Senator Menendez to swap legal teams, hiring law firm Paul Hastings". Reuters. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
  11. ↑ Jones, Ashby. "Paul Hastings Lands O'Brien, the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  12. ↑ Mike Scarcella (May 12, 2021). "Paul Hastings Partner Pay Shown in Disclosure for Key Biden DHS Post". Law.com. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
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