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Paul Hastings has a hours policy in place to determine the performance of the employee. The annual target for billable hours is 2000 in the U.S. Some of the positives to work at Paul Hastings are good working environment, associate get real work to do at the most junior level and strong leadership. However, some have pointed out some negative aspects such as poor communication from partners, long hours to work and the firm is seen as more demanding but does not provide many incentives. Associates get interesting projects from day one.
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Paul Hastings LLP
4 Star Rating 
3 reviews
| Year of establishment | 1951 | Number of partners | 271 |
| Number of offices | 20 | Partner to associate ratio | 0.50 |
| Biggest office | Los Angeles | Percentage of women attorneys | 37.20 |
| Number of attorneys | 948 | Percentage of minority attorneys | 20.80 |
| Number of associates | 564 | Percentage of LGBT attorneys | 2.00 |
Paul Hastings LLP Reviews
Current Employee
- Reviewed on December 16, 2017
Advice to law firm management: Don't be a slacker and you will be rewarded well. Very lucrative earning potential if you put in the work.
Pros: I look forward to going into work every single day. That's more than I can say about any other firm I have worked at!
Cons: This firm has no shortage of cases and work to be done. You will always have something to do while you're here.
Current or former employee?: Current Employee
Pros: I look forward to going into work every single day. That's more than I can say about any other firm I have worked at!
Cons: This firm has no shortage of cases and work to be done. You will always have something to do while you're here.
Current or former employee?: Current Employee
Former Employee
- Reviewed on September 25, 2017
Advice to law firm management: Teach attorneys to respect their support group. Treat staff better.
Pros: The talent team was great and committed to developing employees. They are innovative in their work relationships with staff.
Cons: Hours can feel long at times. Office supplies are restricted.
Current or former employee?: Former Employee
Pros: The talent team was great and committed to developing employees. They are innovative in their work relationships with staff.
Cons: Hours can feel long at times. Office supplies are restricted.
Current or former employee?: Former Employee
Overview
Paul Hastings is a leading international law firm that provides innovative legal solutions to many of the world's top financial institutions and Fortune Global 500 companies. With a strong presence throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the U.S., we have the global reach and extensive capabilities to provide personalized service wherever our clients’ needs take us. Our recent Annual Review highlights our most significant work over the past year. We are proud to consistently rank among the best firms in leading legal publications such as The American Lawyer, Chambers and Partners, and Legal 500. Click here for a list of our recent accolades.
Practice Areas
Paul Hastings LLP practices law in the following areas and works with its clients to provide the best possible legal solutions.
- Affordable Housing And Tax Credits
- Antitrust And Competition
- Appellate Litigation
- Asia
- Asset Securitization And Structured Finance
- Bank Consumer Class Actions
- Bank Regulatory
- Bankruptcy Litigation
- Base Realignment And Closures
- Class Actions
- Commercial Leasing And Sales Leaseback
- Complex Litigation
- Copyright
- Corporate
- Counseling And Preventive Advice
- Development And Construction
- Disaster Mitigation
- E Discovery
- Employee Mobility
- Employment Class Actions
- Employment Law
- Employment Litigation
- Energy
- Environmental Law
- Environmental Sustainability
- Erisa And Global Benefits
- Estate Planning And Probate
- Finance
- Financial Litigation
- Financial Reform
- Financial Services
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Franchise And Distribution
- Global Banking And Payment Systems
- Global Trade Controls
- Government Affairs
- Government Contracts Litigation
- Healthcare
- Hotels And Resorts
- Intellectual Property
- International Arbitration
- International Employment Law
- Investment Management
- Ip Transactions And Licensing
- It
- Ecommerce
- Labor
- Management Relations
- Land Use
- Latin America
- Leveraged Finance
- Life Sciences
- Litigation
- Mergers And Acquisitions
- Patent Litigation
- Payment Systems
- Political Risk And International Trade Credit Insurance
- Prevailing Wage
- Private Equity
- Private Investment Funds
- Product Liability And Mass Tort
- Project Development & Finance
- Purchase And Sale Of Non Performing Loans
- Radiation Injury And Nuclear Power Litigation
- Real Estate
- Regulatory Compliance
- Restructuring
- Securities & Capital Markets
- Securities Litigation And Enforcement
- Sustainability And Global Climate Change
- Tax Advisory
- Tax Litigation & Controversy
- Technology
- Telecommunications And Media
- Trade Secrets
- Trademark
- White Collar
- Internal Investigations And Corporate Governance
Hiring Criteria
Paul Hastings LLP follows the set of hiring criteria outlined below.
Paul Hastings seeks students with competencies that are the hallmarks of successful associates at the firm. These include critical thinking, strong communication skills, achievement drive, interpersonal savvy, dedication to client service excellence, and the ability to work effectively as a team member. Students have to be responsible to take initiative for complex legal matters and interface with sophisticated clients around the world.
The firm extensively participates in campus recruitment's and job fairs. In 2011, the firm visited 31 law schools for campus interviews, while it participated in 5 job fairs in 2011. Impact Diversity Career Fair, Southeastern Minority Job Fair, Bay Area Diversity Job Fair, Lavender Law, Loyola Patent Law Job Fair are among the notable ones.
Pro bono
The firm encourages attorneys to handle pro bono matters. The time used for pro bono activity is treated the same as time billed to any other client for all purposes including bonuses. Pro bono work is assigned in a variety of ways, including by members of the Pro Bono Committee who serve as pro bono coordinators.
Some of the areas in which Paul Hastings has performed pro bono work in the past year include, immigrant rights, veteran rights, adoptions, children's rights, homelessness prevention, non-profit counseling, and environmental sustainability.
Paul Hastings was awarded 2nd rank among law firms in the 2011 American Lawyer Pro Bono Survey. In addition, the firms and its attorneys have been honored by other organizations, including Public Counsel, ACLU, LAFLA, Casa Cornelia, and the Public Law Center.
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Notable cases
- Currently, Paul Hastings is advising Facebook on a number of matters as the company continues to grow and extend its global reach into new service and product areas. One key area of the firm's work relates to the burgeoning market of online social commerce and the development of a global virtual currency.
- The firm counseled Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. on the $1.4B sale of Samsung's hard disk drive business to Seagate Technology. The transaction was considered complex as it required asset transfers in six different jurisdictions, IP arrangements in over 25, as well as detailed second-phase reviews in the U.S., Europe, China, Korea, and Japan.
- Paul Hastings represented J.P. Morgan as the sole sponsor and depositary on the secondary listing of HDRs of Coach, Inc. on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The deal is seen as a landmark to make Coach the first U.S. public company to list in Hong Kong and opened the door to other U.S. companies seeking to list their shares.
- In what was widely viewed as the post-crisis relaunch of the European Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securitization (CMBS) market, Paul Hastings advised Deutsche Bank London Branch, in the first CMBS placed into the market since 2007. The new
Paul Hastings LLP Awards and Recognitions
Paul Hastings has been conferred with several industry awards and recognitions.
The firm has been ranked 3rd on The American Lawyer's A-List of the 20 most successful law firms in America.
The Financial Times recently named Paul Hastings as one of the most innovative law firms in the U.S. in its Innovative Lawyers 2011 report.
Paul Hastings has grown to become one of only two US firms founded after 1950 to reach the top 15 in the US.
The Animal Legal Defense Fund awarded Paul Hastings the 2011 Advancement in Animal Law Pro Bono Achievement Award, recognizing the firm's pro bono work to advance the interests of animals through the legal system.
Diversity
Paul Hastings provides a diverse work culture. The firm's diversity recruiting efforts include sponsorships of diverse law student associations, early outreach programs to law schools and colleges, law school OCI/resume collection programs, scholarships for law students from minority backgrounds, law school panel presentations and forums, law student receptions and meetings for diverse students, and minority job fairs.
"The firm does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, gender identity, genetic information, physical or mental disability or medical condition as defined by applicable equal opportunity laws, veteran status or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law," the firm states on its website.
Summer associate program
Paul Hastings' summer associate program serves is considered important not only for the associates but also for the firm itself. During the program, summer associates in each of the firm's U.S. offices have the opportunity to work on several projects with different lawyers in a variety of practice areas. Summer associates also observe and assist in trials, hearings, depositions, and negotiations, and participate in client meetings and closings.
The summer associate program provides an opportunity to gain a realistic view of what it is like to practice law at Paul Hastings on a day-to-day basis.
Working for the Paul Hastings LLP
Paul Hastings has a hours policy in place to determine the performance of the employee. The annual target for billable hours is 2000 in the U.S. Some of the positives to work at Paul Hastings are good working environment, associate get real work to do at the most junior level and strong leadership. However, some have pointed out some negative aspects such as poor communication from partners, long hours to work and the firm is seen as more demanding but does not provide many incentives. Associates get interesting projects from day one.
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