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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
File:Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Logo.jpg
HeadquartersGeneral Motors Building
New York City, New York, United States
No. of offices21
No. of attorneys1,063 (2015)
Major practice areasGeneral practice
Key peopleBarry M. Wolf, Executive Partner, Management Committee Chair[1]
RevenueIncrease$1.164 billion (2015)[2]
Date founded1931 (New York City)
FounderFrank Weil
Sylvan Gotshal
Horace Manges
Company typeLimited-liability partnership
Websiteweil.com

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, headquartered in New York City, is an American international law firm. With over 1,000 attorneys, the firm has offices in Boston, Washington, D.C., Miami, Houston, New York, Silicon Valley, Dallas, Paris, London, Munich, Prague, Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Frankfurt, Budapest, Warsaw and Dubai.

Weil is consistently ranked as one of the most prestigious law firms in the world. [3] The firm has a gross annual revenue in excess of $1.1 billion, making it amongst the world's most profitable law firms according to The American Lawyer's AmLaw 100 survey. [4][5]

The firm is best known for representing some of the world's largest companies and financial institutions through its corporate (including subgroups specializing in banking & finance, structured finance, capital markets, technology and IP transactions, private equity), mergers & acquisitions, and restructuring practices.[6]

Overview

The firm was founded in New York City in 1931 by Frank Weil, Sylvan Gotshal, and Horace Manges. Since 1968, Weil has been headquartered in the General Motors building, overlooking Central Park, in New York City's Manhattan borough.

After its founding in 1931, the firm grew steadily in the following decades, taking on clients including General Electric and General Motors, and becoming one of the largest law firms in the country. In 1975, the firm opened an office in Washington, D.C., its first outside New York City, followed in the 1980s by locations in Miami, Houston and Dallas. Later, the firm further spread its practice, notably in non-contentious finance and private equity practice.

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent move by Central and Eastern European countries toward market-based economies prompted the firm to launch its international expansion. It established offices in Budapest, Prague and Warsaw in the early 1990s, followed by the establishment of offices in Frankfurt, London, Munich and Paris. In the 21st century, the firm established offices in Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. As of 2012 one-quarter of the firm's lawyers practiced outside the U.S.

Chambers and Partners gives the firm high marks in the following practice areas: bankruptcy, corporate, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, private equity: buyouts, investment funds: fund formation, financial services regulation, intellectual property, antitrust, patent litigation, labor and employment, securities litigation, entertainment litigation and tax.[7]

Notable deals and cases

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See also

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Staff (n.d.). "The 2011 Global 100: Most Profits Per Partner". The American Lawyer. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
  3. ^ http://www.vault.com/company-profiles/law/weil,-gotshal-manges-llp/company-overview.aspx
  4. ^ [dead link‍] "2005 The National Law Journal 250". The National Law Journal. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  5. ^ Staff (July 1, 2005). "The Am Law 100: The Billion-Dollar Club Expands" (Abstract). The American Lawyer (via Law.com). Retrieved October 9, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ http://www.chambers-associate.com/FirmFeature/3667
  7. ^ Staff (n.d.). "Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP". Chambers and Partners. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  8. ^ Staff (October 27, 2011). "Additional Information on Our Previous Acquisition Deals" (PDF format). Olympus Corporation. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  9. ^ Layne, Rachel; Cronin, Sean (May 21, 2007). "Saudi Basic to Buy GE Plastics Unit for $11.6 Billion (Update 5)". Bloomberg. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  10. ^ Nolter, Chris (May 15, 2009). "Malone's Fancy Turns to Tax-Free Spinoffs". The Deal. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  11. ^ Nicholson, Chris V. (February 16, 2011). "Sanofi Agrees to Buy Genzyme for $20.1 Billion". DealBook (blog of The New York Times). Retrieved October 9, 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ Shields, Todd; Bliss, Jeff (January 18, 2011). "Comcast Wins U.S. Approval to Buy NBC Universal From GE for $13.8 Billion". Bloomberg. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  13. ^ Reagan, Gillian (January 12, 2010). "Dan Rather's $70 Million Lawsuit Against CBS Finally Dies". Business Insider. Retrieved October 2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  14. ^ Jones, Ashby (April 1, 2010). "Second Circuit Rules for eBay in Counterfeit Goods Case". Law Blog (blog of The Wall Street Journal). Retrieved October 9, 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ Glater, Jonathan D. (December 4, 2001). "Enron's Collapse: The Lawyers; And the Winners in the Case Are". The New York Times.
  16. ^ Glater, Jonathan D. (December 13, 2008). "The Man Who Is Unwinding Lehman Brothers". The New York Times.
  17. ^ Chasan, Emily (September 28, 2008). "WaMu Files Bankruptcy Petition in Delaware". Forbes.
  18. ^ Schmitt, Richard (July 23, 2002). "Recent Bankruptcy Filings Become A Field of Gold for Weil Gotshal". Wall Street Journal.
  19. ^ Sandler, Lisa (June 1, 2009). "GM Files Bankruptcy to Spin Off More Competitive Firm". Bloomberg.
  20. ^ King, Ian (June 1, 2015). "Intel's $16.7 Billion Altera Deal Is Fueled by Data Centers". Bloomberg.
  21. ^ Rosen, Ellen (February 21, 2014). "Weil Advises Facebook as WhatsApp Uses Fenwick: Business of Law". Bloomberg.
  22. ^ Greene, Jay (July 28, 2016). "Oracle to Buy Cloud-Software Provider NetSuite for $9.3 Billion". Wall Street Journal.
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