Weil, Gotshal & Manges
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| Headquarters |  New York City |
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| No. of Offices | 21 |
| No. of Attorneys | 1,300 |
| Major Practice Areas | International Arbitration, Bankruptcy, Intellectual Property, Capital Markets, Finance, and Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Revenue | ▲ $1.7 billion (2007) |
| Date Founded | 1931 (New York) |
| Company Type | LLP |
| Website | www.weil.com |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges is an international law firm headquartered in New York City. It is one of the largest law firms in the world, with approximately 1,300 lawyers and gross annual revenue in excess of $1.7 billion.[1][2] It has grown to become a top tier law firm whose revenue places it as one of the ten highest earning firms in the world. The current Chairman, Stephen Dannhauser, resides in the firm's New York City office.
The firm was founded in New York City in 1931 by Frank Weil. In 1968, Weil Gotshal moved to the firm's current New York headquarters in the GM Building overlooking New York City's Central Park.
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[edit] Recognition
The firm is rated as one of the top law firms by Vault.com. Chambers gives the firm high marks in the following practice areas: Bankruptcy, Corporate, Litigation, M&A, Private Equity:Buyouts, Investment Funds:Fund Formation, Financial Services Regulation, Intellectual Property, Antitrust, Patent Litigation, Labor and Employment, Securities Litigation, Entertainment Litigation, Wealth Management, and Tax.
[edit] Layoffs
There is no evidence that Weil has engaged in economic layoffs in response to the Great Recession, but it has deferred its class of 2009 to January 2010. Incoming associates from the class of 2009 also have the option to start in January, 2011 with an additional stipend.[3]
[edit] Key People
- Stephen J. Dannhauser, Chairman of Weil Gotshal.
- Barry M. Wolf, Executive Partner and co-chairman of the Corporate department.
- Matt Powers, Co-Chair of Weil Gotshal's Litigation Department and a member of the patent practice, he is known for his involvement in many difficult and complicated cases with a high success rate of winning such cases in trial. He recently took on a known patent troll for Microsoft and won.
- James W. Quinn co-chairs Weil Gotshal’s Litigation practice, named several times by National Law Journal as one of the ten top trial lawyers in the United States.
- Thomas Roberts, co-chairman of the over 600-lawyer Corporate department and a member of the firm’s Management Committee.
- Ira M. Millstein, Senior Partner at Weil Gotshal, one of the leading authorities in the areas of government regulation, antitrust law and corporate governance. He has counseled numerous boards on issues of corporate governance, including the boards of General Motors, Bethlehem Steel, WellChoice (fka, Empire Blue Cross), Computer Associates and the Ford Foundation. He is Senior Associate Dean for Corporate Governance at the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance, Yale School of Management.
- Caitlin J. Halligan, former Solicitor General of New York State, is the head of the Weil Gotshal’s Appellate Litigation practice group. She is a lecturer at Columbia Law School, and clerked for Judge Patricia M. Wald of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
- Marcia Goldstein, chair of the Business, Finance & Restructuring department and a member of the firm's Management Committee. She has been at Weil Gotshal for over 30 years and has handled some of the biggest bankruptcy cases in the world, including the restructuring of WorldCom, Inc.
- Michael Francies, managing partner of the London office and has experience in public and private mergers & acquisitions, private equity transactions and equity issues.
- Gerhard Schmidt, managing partner of the German offices and one of the leading private equity and M&A lawyers in Germany. He is one of the few German lawyers to combine competencies in corporate and tax law.
- Harvey R. Miller has been described by The New York Times as "the most prominent bankruptcy lawyer in the nation".[4]
[edit] Notable Deals and Cases
- Enron bankruptcy.[5]
- Lehman Brothers bankruptcy.[6]
- Washington Mutual bankruptcy.[7]
- General Motors bankruptcy.[8]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ 2005 The National Law Journal 250 from law.com (free registration required).
- ^ The Billion-Dollar Club Expands
- ^ http://abovethelaw.com/2009/03/weil_gotshal_deferral_dollars.php
- ^ Rosen, Ellen (2007-03-09). "A Lawyer Finds He Can Go Home Again". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/business/09law.html.
- ^ Glater, Jonathan D.; Sorkin, Andrew Ross (January 11, 2002), "Enron's Energy Trading Business Draws Several Potential Buyers", New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/11/business/enron-s-collapse-auction-enron-s-energy-trading-business-draws-several-potential.html
- ^ Glater, Jonathan D. (December 13, 2008), "The Man Who Is Unwinding Lehman Brothers", New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/business/14miller.html
- ^ Chasan, Emily (September 28, 2008), "WaMu files bankruptcy petition in Delaware", Forbes, http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2008/09/28/afx5480077.html
- ^ Maynard, Micheline (June 1, 2009), "For G.M. Chief, Little Time and a Full Plate", New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/business/02chief.html
