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Emily A. Malone Former Paul, Weiss Associate, Corporate Brooklyn Law School, 2004 "In 2005 I was assigned to work on the sale of Wyndham International, a major international hospitality company. It was a large transaction — valued at around $4 billion — and quite complex. One of my responsibilities was to draft the disclosure schedules for the merger agreement. While that may sound mundane, in fact schedules are a crucial component in a deal because they ensure that the claims made about the company in the merger agreement are accurate — such as whether the company has financial problems, union disputes or litigations in progress. If the schedules are wrong, the whole deal can be jeopardized. My colleagues and I really had to immerse ourselves in Wyndham and master the ins and outs of the company. We pored over operating agreements, partnership and organizational documents, and loan documentation until we felt that we knew the company inside and out. By completely familiarizing myself with the company, I earned the trust of the client and the senior lawyers on the matter. As a result when it came time to negotiate the disclosure schedules with the other side, everyone turned to me to lead the charge. It was both amazing and a little bit scary, but I knew that if I needed it, help was there. Sometimes at Paul, Weiss when you get through a challenge, you realize what others already knew — you could handle it. It’s situations like this that help you grow as a lawyer. And looking back you feel really good about it. Wyndham is still one of my favorite deals.”

print | email | search Corporate WHY PAUL, WEISS CORPORATE? Becoming a great corporate lawyer is hard work, no matter which firm you join. So why not choose a firm that will expose you to a wide variety of transactions and deals that challenge and develop your talents? That will match you with partners and other senior lawyers who give you responsibility and support? That will give you close client contact? That will provide you with an edge in building a great career? Clients rely on our corporate lawyers to solve their thorniest, most complex challenges as well as for their traditional transactional work. We are business lawyers — counselors who are valued for a deep understanding of our clients’ business needs.  We approach real-world issues with insight and imagination; we provide counsel that is creative, value-adding, and most of all, unconventional. Our Corporate Department has more than 170 lawyers practicing across borders, across industries and across disciplines. Our clients range from the world’s largest multinational corporations and international investment banks to private equity funds, emerging businesses and entrepreneurs. Much of the work we perform for our clients grabs headlines, but we’re also behind the scenes, helping today’s entrepreneurs and start-ups become tomorrow’s established successes. We offer our associates engaging work on high-stakes transactions. Client contact, exciting work and professional fulfillment are not the exception here — they’re the rule. If you’re ready to work closely with the best corporate lawyers in the business, if you’re ready to work with clients on market-leading transactions — in short, if you’re ready for a challenge — come to Paul, Weiss.  FACTS AT A GLANCE Generalist Approach: In your first two years as a corporate associate, you will have the opportunity to work on matters in each of our corporate practice areas, acquiring skills that are essential to the development of a well-rounded corporate lawyer. When these first two unassigned years are over, you’ll enter a particular practice group based on your area of interest. The Corporate Department is divided into five practice groups - Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets and Securities, Investment Funds , Financing and Intellectual Property. Assignments: Our Corporate Department manager and assigning partners act as liaisons between associates and partners – ensuring that assignments accommodate the needs of the department and the interests and goals of the associate. The manager and assigning partners use tools like our career development database to monitor your progress so that new work furthers your career development. Career Development: We use specially designed tools to aid associate career development. These career development tools interact with our mentoring/feedback system and our assigning system to help associates chart their progress and focus their efforts in growing their skills across a variety of areas, including legal analysis, drafting, negotiation, client relations and business development. Career Opportunities: We offer our corporate associates the opportunity to build a great career at one of New York’s foremost law firms — and beyond. Your Paul, Weiss experience will prepare you for limitless opportunities. We count among our corporate alumni general counsel and top executive positions at Fortune 500 companies, private equity funds and investment banks. Our alumni hold top positions at Time Warner Cable Inc., ESPN, Inc., NBC Universal, Inc., Oak Hill Capital Partners, General Atlantic LLC, Citigroup Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. as well as numerous high-level government and teaching posts. Headline Cases Advising telecommunications leader Nextel Communications, Inc. in its $70-billion merger of equals with Sprint Corp. The resulting company, Sprint Nextel Corp. is now the third largest wireless telecommunications company in the United States. Advising Time Warner Cable Inc. on its joint bid with Comcast Corp. to acquire the assets of Adelphia Communications Corp. for $12.7-billion in cash and 16 percent of Time Warner Cable Inc. common stock, in one of the largest M&A deals of 2005. Representing Teck Cominco Limited, a diversified Canadian mining company, in its unsolicited $16-billion cash and stock offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Inco Limited, a Canadian mining and metals company. The offer is the largest unsolicited takeover bid in Canadian history and will create the largest diversified mining company in North America. Representing Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, as principals of DreamWorks SKG, in connection with the acquisition of DreamWorks by Viacom Inc.’s Paramount Pictures in a $1.6-billion cash and debt deal. Representing Scottish Power plc in connection with the sale of its U.S. subsidiary Pacificorp Holdings, Inc., to MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., for $9.3 billion in cash. Representing General Atlantic LLC, as 22-percent owner of Archipelago Holdings Inc., which is the operator of an all-electronic stock exchange, in connection with the sale of Archipelago to the New York Stock Exchange. Industry Recognition Dealmaker of the Year, 2006, The American Lawyer Top 10 law firm for completed M&A deals, 2005, Thomson’s Global Securities Information IT/telecommunications law firm of the year, five out of the last six years, Asian Legal Business Awards Top 10 law firm for number of private equity funds represented, 2005, Private Equity Analyst Top 10 most active high-yield corporate-debt issuer advisers in the United States, 2005, Thomson Financial Recognized as leading corporate practitioners in New York City and the United States in Chambers USA and other peer review publications.