Yehudah Buchweitz
USA Guide 2024
Band 5 : Litigation: General Commercial
Band 5
About
Provided by Yehudah Buchweitz
Practice Areas
Yehudah Buchweitz represents plaintiffs and defendants in a wide range of complex disputes and counseling engagements, including breach of contract, antitrust, fraud, real estate, bankruptcy, consumer class action, First Amendment, “business divorce,” and right of publicity/copyright matters. He regularly litigates in federal, state, and bankruptcy courts and in international and domestic commercial arbitrations. His litigation and consulting practice focuses on three main industries: media & entertainment (including sports), life sciences, and private investment. Key clients include Paramount (including its CBS Broadcasting, CBS Sports, CBS Television Stations, and Showtime subsidiaries), Simon & Schuster, Sanofi (including Sanofi Pasteur), Providence Equity Partners (including its portfolio companies), Providence Strategic Growth (including its portfolio companies), Advent International (including its portfolio companies), RTI Surgical, Greater Sum Ventures, Galderma SA, and Brookfield Asset Management. He is also a prominent religious liberty civil rights lawyer, and maintains an active pro bono practice.
Personal
Brandeis University (BA, summa cum laude); Fordham University School of Law (JD).
Chambers Review
USA
Yehudah Buchweitz earns impressive reviews from clients for his work in major antitrust class actions, shareholder disputes and various other civil claims.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is incredibly tenacious, he's well connected and aggressive when you need him to be. He's a wonderful advocate and a wonderful adviser."
"Yehudah is not only strategic, but very hands-on and extremely knowledgeable of every aspect of the case."
"He gets to the real issue fast and recommends pragmatic solutions that the business can decide on and execute."
"He is incredibly tenacious, he's well connected and aggressive when you need him to be. He's a wonderful advocate and a wonderful adviser."
"Yehudah is not only strategic, but very hands-on and extremely knowledgeable of every aspect of the case."
"He gets to the real issue fast and recommends pragmatic solutions that the business can decide on and execute."