Jim Langston is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Paul, Weiss. He has significant experience advising companies, boards, and board committees on public company mergers, private equity transactions, private acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, activist defense, hostile takeover defense, and corporate governance matters. With significant experience in cross-border and domestic transactions, including conflict-of-interest transactions, mergers-of-equals, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, and carve-out transactions, Langston frequently represents companies and their boards of directors in activist defense situations. He has been recognized as an industry leader by various publications and directories including Chambers USA, Legal 500 US, and IFLR 1000. Langston was named a “Rising Star” by Law360 for his notable track record in mergers and acquisitions.