Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Paul J. Shim is a partner based in the New York office. Mr. Shim's practice focuses on public and private merger and acquisition transactions for corporate, private equity, sovereign wealth fund and principal investor clients. He also provides advice regarding governance matters and the fiduciary duties of officers and directors to corporations and their boards, including advice related to shareholder activism preparation and response. Paul has been recognized multiple times as a “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer, and is ranked among leading M&A lawyers in all major directories.

Mr. Shim joined the firm in 1987 and became a partner in 1996.

Mr. Shim is a member of the Bars in New York and New Jersey and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, as well as the District of New Jersey.

In 1987, Mr. Shim received a J.D. degree, cum laude, from New York University School of Law, where he was an editor of the Law Review. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.