For reprint rights or to purchase a copy of your Daily Journal photo, email Jeremy_Ellis@dailyjournal.com for prices or call 213-229-5424.

To buy more copies, call 866-531-1492 or email subscribe@dailyjournal.com
This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Read Today's Digital Edition
Place Your Legal Notices View Our Classifieds
Menu
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Technology

Nov. 13, 2026

Paul Weiss recruits OpenAI deal lawyer from Sullivan & Cromwell for Silicon Valley expansion

Nader Mousavi, who has advised on more than $1 trillion in AI computing transactions, joins the firm alongside Sullivan & Cromwell attorney Mark Schenkel as Paul Weiss prepares to open a Silicon Valley office

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP has recruited Sullivan & Cromwell LLP technology transactions lawyer Nader A. Mousavi, a key adviser to OpenAI on its multibillion-dollar computing agreements, as the firm prepares to open an office in Silicon Valley.

Mark Schenkel, another Sullivan & Cromwell attorney who has worked alongside Mousavi on major transactions, is also joining Paul Weiss as a partner.

The hires give Paul Weiss a foothold in the rapidly ...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$895, but save $100 when you subscribe today… Just $795 for the first year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up