Bio

Barry Brooks is the Chair of the Paul Hastings New York office, the firm's largest, and a partner in its Corporate Department specializing in mergers and acquisitions, private investment transactions, and a variety of other complex transactions. He represents parties in a broad range of public and private domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate finance and joint venture transactions. Mr. Brooks represents private equity funds, hedge funds and other private investment funds and institutional investors and private and public operating companies in various industries. Mr. Brooks also advises public companies and their boards and committees in connection with corporate responsibility, fiduciary duty, disclosure, and executive employment matters. Mr. Brooks is a member of the State Bars of both New York and California, and is also a member of the American Bar Association. Mr. Brooks received his A.B. degree, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1978 from the University of California at Los Angeles and his J.D. degree, cum laude, in 1981 from Harvard Law School.