Paul Weiss Eyes Silicon Valley, Wall Street’s Land of Confusion

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has set its sights on building a Northern California office, entering a complicated market that has bedeviled Wall Street firms in the past and ladled rewards on select few outsiders despite its appealing Big Tech clientele.

Chairman Brad Karp has said the firm wants to establish a Northern California presence following the hires of star litigators Karen Dunn and Bill Isaacason from Boies Schiller Flexner. Although they’re based Washington, the duo’s client list already includes some of the top names in Silicon Valley: Apple Inc., Oracle Corp., Facebook Inc., Uber Technologies ...