PAUL HASTINGS - Key Persons
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- Associate, Corporate Department
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- Managing Partner
- Second Managing Partner
Arun Birla is the second Managing Partner of Paul Hastings and a Partner in the Tax practice, based in the London office.
Mr. Birla is widely recognised for significant experience in tax and investment funds. He provides tax advice to UK and international clients on a wide range of matters including, M&A, private equity, private and credit funds, structured and asset finance, joint ventures, financing arrangements, mergers, demergers, reorganisations, and restructurings.
Banco Santander in relation to senior credit facilities for Altamira Santander in relation to senior credit facilities for Altamira Asset Management Holdings, in connection with the acquisition of an 85% interest in Altamira Asset Management, a company engaged in the recovery of contentious loans and the sale or leasing of foreclosed real estate
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- Media Contacts
- Staff - Media Contacts
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- Senior Advisor
- Global Co - Chair of the Investigations and White Collar Defense Practice
- Partner, Litigation Department
Brad Bondi is Global Co-Chair of the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice at Paul Hastings and a nationally recognized litigation partner. He focuses on securities and financial investigations (SEC and DOJ) and securities and complex litigation. He also advises boards of directors and audit committees concerning significant governance matters. He is based in the firm's Washington, D.C. and New York offices.
Mr. Bondi regularly serves as a senior advisor to boards of directors, audit committees, special committees, independent directors, and senior executives during corporate crises, significant transactions, and governance challenges. He has guided boards and board committees through the most extraordinary corporate events, including independent investigations, defense of derivative lawsuits against directors and officers, class actions, accounting irregularities and Restatements, auditor disputes, hostile takeover attempts and activist shareholders, mergers and acquisitions disputes, cyber intrusions and data breaches, and investigations of alleged misconduct by executives.
Mr. Bondi formerly served as a member of the executive staff of the SEC as Counsel to two Commissioners for enforcement actions and regulatory rulemaking. In this capacity, he advised on enforcement matters and regularly liaised with SEC Enforcement staff in the home and regional offices on numerous enforcement actions. He also served on the steering committee for the SEC's "Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2010-2015" and on working groups related to enforcement initiatives. While at the SEC, Mr. Bondi was detailed to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, where he served as deputy general counsel and led one of the three investigative teams examining the causes of the financial crisis. In that role, he interfaced with various other regulators and law enforcement agencies. Mr. Bondi also briefly served on detail as a Special Assistant United States Attorney, handling criminal prosecutions in the U.S. Attorney's Office for Eastern District of Virginia, and as a state criminal prosecutor in an externship while in law school. Following law school, Mr. Bondi served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edward E. Carnes, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
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- Partner, Employment Law Department
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- Associate, Real Estate Department
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- Associate in the Global Finance
- Associate, Corporate Department
Danté Adams is an associate in the Global Finance practice of Paul Hastings and is currently based in the firm's London office.
Dante`s practice focuses on domestic and cross-border leveraged and acquisition financings. Danté has particular experience in cross-border, syndicated lending finance transactions, and has been involved in a number of international transactions.
Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Danté worked in the banking and finance department of an international law firm and had acted for a variety of lenders, sponsors and borrowers.
He is currently admitted to practice in South Africa and is undertaking to be admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales.
Education
University of Natal, Law LLB, 2014
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- Partner, Corporate Department
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- Lawyer of the Year' at the Legal Business Awards, 2021 - October 1st, 2021
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- Partner, Corporate Department
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- Partner, Corporate Department
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- Associate, Corporate Department
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- Partner, Employment Law Department
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- Partner, Corporate Department
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- Senior Counsel, Employment Law Department
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- Partner in the Structured Credit
- Partner, Corporate Department
James Baillie is a partner in the Structured Credit practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's London office. Mr. Baillie's practice focuses on structured finance, securitization, asset-backed and fund leverage lending with a particular focus on CLOs. Mr. Baillie advises originators, investment managers, lenders and arrangers, having recently advised clients such as Alcentra, Bank of America, Barclays, Canyon, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, i80 Group, ICG, JP Morgan, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Oakhill, Och Ziff and PGIM.
Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Mr. Baillie worked at another leading international firm in London.
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- Appointed General Editor of the ‘Green Book'
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- Partner, Corporate Department
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- Practice Innovation & Knowledge Attorney
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- Associate, Corporate Department
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- Partner, Corporate Department
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- Partner, Employment Law Department
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- Associate in the London
- Associate, Corporate Department
Matthew Anson is an associate in the London office of Paul Hastings.
Mr. Anson advises a broad range of financial sponsors on acquisitions, disposals, consortia arrangements, minority investments, and joint venture structures across a variety of sectors. He also has extensive experience advising management teams on incentive schemes and their terms on exit.
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University of Wales, Swansea, LLB (First Class)
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- Partner, Corporate Department
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- Partner in the Financial
- Partner, Corporate Department
Mei Lian is a partner in the Financial Restructuring practice at Paul Hastings and co-chair of the London office. She has a broad and extensive practice with years of experience across a wide spectrum of high-end finance transactions, which often involve cross-border features.
Ms. Lian focuses her practice on representing institutional investors, as well as corporate borrowers, issuers, private equity funds and sponsors on a wide range of finance transactions. She has particular experience navigating complex stressed and distressed situations, advising across the entire capital structure, and utilizing various finance instruments. Ms. Lian also represents hedge funds and alternative credit providers in connection with bespoke financing transactions and distressed and restructuring investment opportunities.
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- Partner, Employment Law Department
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- Partner, Corporate Department
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- Adds Leading Finance Partner
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- Associate, Litigation Department
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- Partner in the Global Finance
- Partner, Corporate Department
Ross Anderson is a partner in the Global Finance practice at Paul Hastings and co-chair of the London office. He has experience across a broad range of issues in banking law, with particular emphasis on matters relating to leveraged finance, private equity finance, and cross-border acquisition financing transactions.
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- Partner, Litigation Department
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- Partner, Litigation Department
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- Partner, Corporate Department / News
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- Partner, Corporate Department
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- Associate, Corporate Department