firm awards and rankings

• Listed among The American Lawyer’s “A-List” firms, described as “the cream of the crop among the nation’s elite law firms,” Paul, Weiss has been included every year since the list’s inception.
• Named as one of the top three most innovative law firms in the U.S. by Financial Times in 2010.
• Recognized as one of the premier law firms in New York and the U.S. by Vault.
• Named a “Best Law Firm for Women” by Working Mother magazine since the list’s inception.
• Paul, Weiss lawyers earned “40 Under 40" profiles in Crain's NY Business and The National Law Journal for 2010.

• The American Lawyer named us a Litigation Department of the Year finalist in 2010 and winner in 2006.
• Our litigators have been honored as "Winning" lawyers for three of the last five years by The National Law Journal.
• More Paul, Weiss litigators are named as lawyers of choice for “bet-the-company” litigation in Best Lawyers in America than any other firm.
• One of our litigators has been named one of the “Most Influential Lawyers of the Decade” by The National Law Journal.

• Selected as one of "America's Best Corporate Law Firms" by Corporate Board Member for the third straight year - and four of the last five years.
• Our Corporate and Bankruptcy lawyers have been named “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer five of the last seven years for innovative restructuring, M&A and securitization deals.
• One of our major deals in 2009, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's (MUFG) $12.1 billion common stock offering, was awarded the "Best Secondary Equity Offering" by FinanceAsia. 
• Paul, Weiss was selected as “Technology, Media & Telecommunications Firm of the Year 2009” by Asian Counsel magazine.
• Awarded “M&A Deal of the Year” and “Japan Deal of the Year” by ALB Japan Law Awards.
• Awarded the 2010 ALB Hong Kong Law Awards "IT/Telecoms Law Firm of the Year" and "Taiwan Deal of the Year"
• Awarded the 2010 ALB Japan Awards for "Equity Market Deal of the Year," "Japan Deal of the Year," and "M&A Deal of the Year"

• Awarded the “Matthew G. Leonard Award for Pro Bono Excellence” from MFY Legal Services, Inc.
• Awarded the “President's Pro Bono Service Award” from the New York State Bar Association.
• Received the Thurgood Marshall Award for Capital Representation for our pro bono work over the last 10 years representing inmates who are under a sentence of death.