Paul Hastings M&A Chair Voted NY’s Top Dealmaker: New York Brief

Reader poll results, a dispatch from the NYC Bar’s white-collar conference, and the latest on the LIRR strike threat:

Reader Poll Results: Paul Hastings Prevails

Paul Hastings M&A Co-Chair Eduardo Gallardo was crowned New York’s best dealmaker in our poll of New York Brief readers this week.

Gallardo scored over a third of the more than 600 votes.

“Few M&A lawyers with whom I’ve worked have Eduardo’s combination of technical brilliance and poise under pressure,” said Rahim Manji, a Gallardo voter and Paul Hastings’ business development director.

Lima-born Gallardo cut his teeth on M&A deals at Skadden. He was ...