Atty. Carl R. Sanchez
Carl R. Sanchez is a partner in the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York and San Diego offices.
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Carl R. Sanchez is a business and m&a attorney based in New York, New York, practicing at Paul Hastings LLP. Educated at University of California Los Angeles (J.D., 1993). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Corporate Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2026), and Lawyer of the Year — Mergers and Acquisitions Law (San Diego) (2018). Serands clients in New York, NY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Carl R. Sanchez is a partner in the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York and San Diego offices
- Carl’s practice is primarily in the area of mergers and acquisitions, where he represents public and private companies in a wide variety of merger and acquisition transactions, including stock acquisitions, divisional asset acquisitions and divestitures, tender offers, and share exchange offers, restructurings, dissolutions, going-private transactions, joint ventures, distressed company acquisitions, cross-border acquisitions, and other business combination transactions
- He has represented numerous public and private companies in the life sciences, technology, telecommunications, semiconductor, software, computer hardware, defense, entertainment, and financial services industries
- Carl served as the Chair of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group from 2003 through 2019
- Between 1988 and 1990, Carl was an auditor and consultant in Deloitte & Touche’s New York office, specializing in investment banking and broker-dealer activities
- From 1980 to 1986, Carl served in the United States Air Force Intelligence Division as a Russian crypto-linguist, where he received numerous awards for his service, including the Air Force Commendation Medal
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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