Traphagen Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series with Paul Choi J.D. ’89 of Sidley Austin LLP

The HLS Alumni Center presents a lunchtime talk with Paul Choi J.D. ’89. This event is part of the Traphagen Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series, where HLS alumni speak informally about their careers.

Paul Choi is the global co-leader of Sidley Austin LLP’s Mergers and Acquisitions practice, co-leader of the firm’s Public Company Advisory group, and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance transactions and securities and corporate governance matters.

In the mergers and acquisitions area, he focuses on public and private mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, spinoffs and joint ventures. His practice also includes counseling clients on takeover defense and proxy contests. Paul has advised on a broad range of mergers and acquisitions transactions, from small private transactions to public multi-billion dollar mergers.

In the corporate finance area, he has represented issuers and underwriters on dozens of private and public equity and debt offerings. These capital markets transactions have included a variety of initial public offerings, including subsidiary or “carve-out” offerings in the energy, technology, financial services and real estate sectors, and other acquisition financing transactions. His practice also includes representing clients in hostile takeovers, proxy contests and stockholder activism situations.

In addition to his transactional work, Paul advises public company clients on a broad range of corporate governance and general securities law matters, including Sarbanes-Oxley, board of director, fiduciary duty, audit committee, disclosure policy and related issues. He is a regular speaker at numerous seminars and conferences on topics relating to directors’ duties and M&A developments.

Paul served as a law clerk to the Honorable Laurence H. Silberman on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1989–1990. He is Past President of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University and a Past President of the Harvard Alumni Association.

Lunch will be served. All HLS students are welcome. Please register in advance as space is limited. Click to register.

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