{"id":143353,"date":"2026-02-05T05:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/05\/with-abrupt-transition-profound-ripples-expected-at-paul-weiss-and-in-the-talent-market\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T05:01:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:01:01","slug":"with-abrupt-transition-profound-ripples-expected-at-paul-weiss-and-in-the-talent-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/05\/with-abrupt-transition-profound-ripples-expected-at-paul-weiss-and-in-the-talent-market\/","title":{"rendered":"With Abrupt Transition, &#8216;Profound Ripples&#8217; Expected at Paul Weiss and in the Talent Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Scott Barshay, the Paul Weiss chairmanship gets someone who \u201chas widely been seen as [Brad Karp&#8217;s] successor and also widely seen as the power behind the power in recent years,  noted one market observer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" 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