Mayer Brown makes up four in London as Weil renews City commitment after last year’s promotion drought
Mayer Brown and Weil, Gotshal & Manges have minted four and three partners respectively in the City amid increased global promotion rounds…
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‘Real fire power’: Weil loses banking head to White & Case’s unrelenting hiring spree
White & Case’s City hiring spree continues to go great guns with the recruitment of Weil Gotshal & Manges’ well-regarded…
Life during law: Mike Francies
I was probably the world’s worst children’s entertainer. I needed a Saturday job to earn money but played football on…
Deal watch: Weil and Slaughters lead on Bain’s £1.2bn esure bid as CC and RPC land House of Fraser roles
Weil Gotshal & Manges and Slaughter and May have scooped key mandates on Bain Capital’s proposed £1.2bn takeover of UK insurer esure…
‘Obviously unsustainable’: High Court intervenes to cut £900-an-hour Weil Gotshal fees
Lord Justice Leggatt of the High Court has been forced to scale back legal costs after US firm Weil, Gotshal…
Weil Gotshal and Debevoise see double-digit PEP hikes as Reed Smith’s top line makes a comeback
Weil, Gotshal & Manges has scored an 18% global rise in profits per equity partner (PEP) as London turnover soared…
An ‘amicable’ discussion sees Weil Gotshal exit Hungary as 20-strong team joins Bird & Bird
Bird & Bird has bolstered its Budapest operations by adding a 20-strong Weil, Gotshal & Manges team, bringing the US…
Weil Gotshal to shut Hungarian operations as team jumps to expansive Bird & Bird
Weil, Gotshal & Manges will close its Budapest office after its 20-strong Hungarian team agreed to join Bird & Bird…
Weil, CC and Travers line up on £1bn Canadian private equity pensions deal
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Clifford Chance (CC) and Travers Smith have advised on the £1bn sale of Civica by the private equity arm of Canadian pensions company OMERS…
S&C and Wachtell lead on Amazon’s $13.7bn Whole Foods buyout
Sullivan & Cromwell and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz lead a host of elite US law firms advising Amazon on its $13.7bn purchase of…
Simpson Thacher acts for CVC on record-breaking €16bn new fund
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s London office has advised CVC Capital Partners on its record-breaking €16bn fundraising.
Weil adds to banking practice with Baker McKenzie infrastructure specialist Hibbert
Weil, Gotshal & Manges confirmed today (19 April) that it has hired infrastructure and real estate finance partner Paul Hibbert…
Hogan Lovells makes major Silicon Valley play with Weil Gotshal corporate team
While the transatlantic firm has repeatedly stated its aim to bulk out its corporate weight, Hogan Lovells is expected to…
Kirkland takes Weil PE partner to replenish battered Munich offering
Kirkland & Ellis has hired Munich-based corporate partner Volkmar Bruckner from Weil, Gotshal & Manges following its loss of a…
Middle East exodus continues: Weil shuts Dubai arm despite rebound year as PEP cracks $3m
Weil, Gotshal & Manges is to close its Dubai arm this summer, making the top 25 global law firm the…
White & Case bags another deal for Bridgepoint on Zenith buy
White & Case, Squire Patton Boggs and Weil, Gotshal & Manges all played key roles in private equity group Bridgepoint’s…
Private equity: Advent and Bain return to Weil for latest payments acquisition
Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Hogan Lovells have taken key roles as Advent International and Bain Capital Private Equity have…
Private equity: Weil and Freshfields act as OMERS sells V.Group to Advent
Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won roles on OMERS Private Equity’s first European exit as it…
US partner promotions: Weil and Simpson Thacher promote two each in London
Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have both promoted two new London partners in their latest partnership…
Ashurst misses out as Gibson Dunn and Pinsents take front row seats on $1.2bn Odeon deal
City firm Ashurst has missed out to former partners at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher on the $1.2bn sale of London-based…