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• Weil Gotshal in post-crunch shake-up of City finance

  Oct 16 2008 Weil Gotshal & Manges has merged its London banking and securitisation practices, as the New York firm moves to deal with the dearth of structured finance work brought... more

• Law firms benefit as clients suffer post-Lehman jitters

  Oct 13 2008 City law firms reported unprecedented levels of activity in the last two weeks of September as financial institutions called on their legal advisers... more

• Bear Stearns lawyers jump to law firms

  Sep 23 2008 Several lawyers at Bear Stearns have landed at major law firms after the takeover of the investment bank by JPMorgan Chase. David Strumeyer, former head of the... more

• Law firms line up for Lehman advisory work

  Sep 18 2008 Weil Gotshal & Manges, the New York corporate and insolvency specialist, is managing Lehman Brothers’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the US. In the UK, a... more

• Lehman lets Weil Gotshal reclaim bankruptcy lead from Kirkland

  Sep 16 2008 Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is advising Lehman Brothers on its bankruptcy filing. US firm Weil Gotshal, the No. 1 bankruptcy firm for decades representing almost... more

• Lehman hires Weil Gotshal & Manges for biggest bankruptcy filing in history

  Sep 15 2008 Lehman Brothers, the fourth-largest U.S. investment bank, succumbed to the subprime mortgage crisis it helped create in the biggest bankruptcy filing in history.... more

• Kirkland boosts City tax team with Weil hire

  Sep 05 2008 Kirkland & Ellis has added to its London tax practice with the hire of Jane Scobie from US rival Weil Gotshal & Manges. more

• US law firms continue China expansion

  Aug 16 2008 US firm Dechert has been granted a licence to open an office in Beijing, its first in mainland China, the firm has said in a statement. So far this year, ten US firms... more

• Kirlkland captures restructuring partner from Weil

  Jul 30 2008 Christopher Marcus, a restructuring partner from Kirkland's US rival Weil, joins the firm as partner in New York. Marcus has advised on a number of high-profile... more

• Simpson, Weil, Linklaters, Cravath on KKR’s landmark dual listing

  Jul 30 2008 The world’s elite firms are jostling for position on Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’s (KKR) landmark dual listing in Amsterdam and New York. A team from Simpson Thacher &... more

• Weil Gotshal lawyer becomes rap superstar

  Jul 26 2008 A former Weil Gotshal lawyer has released an album called "Law and order" to become a rap superstar. Emeka Onyejekwe graduated from NYU in 2006 and worked at Weil... more

• Sharp Rise in Law Firm Mergers

  Jul 09 2008 Despite a troubled economy, many law firms are continuing to pursue a "growth strategy," new M&A data reveals. The number of law firm mergers is up so far this... more

• Weil Gotshal to open in Beijing

  Jun 09 2008 Weil Gotshal & Manges has continued its emerging markets push after confirming that it has received a license to practise in Beijing. Steve Xiang – who heads up the... more

• Kirkland Shoves Weil Gotshal Aside as Leading Bankruptcy Firm

  Jun 03 2008 Martin Bienenstock, the lawyer who led the Enron Corp. bankruptcy case, left Weil, Gotshal & Manges late last year. The restructuring business he helped build may be... more

• Weil Gotshal Helps Trump Dump Marina Hotel

  Jun 02 2008 The Trump Marina Hotel Casino is being sold to Coastal Marina, a subsidiary of New York-based Coastal Development LLC, in a $316 million deal. Weil, Gotshal &... more

• New Asia partners for Weil Gotshal, Stephenson Harwood, and Watson Farley

  May 12 2008 New York-based firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has announced the promotion of Kevin Ban and Anthony Wang, both in the firm's Shanghai office, to partnership. Stephenson... more

• Reed Smith, Herbert Smith in as AOL buys $850m Bebo

  Mar 16 2008 The City arm of Reed Smith Richards Butler has picked up a profile-raising mandate on the $850m acquisition of social networking website Bebo by AOL. The firm’s London... more

• Weil Gotshal takes Bear Stearns legal chief to run global operations

  Mar 06 2008 Weil Gotshal & Manges has recruited the chief operating officer for legal & compliance at Bear Stearns as its new global executive director. David Strumeyer will be... more

• Elite US firms struggle to attract senior partner hires in the City

  Feb 01 2008 Lateral partner hires among elite US firms in London have slowed during the last year, according to research from Legal Week, which illustrates the uphill struggle... more

• Weil doubles profit as US firms excel in London

  Jan 29 2008 Weil Gotshal & Manges' London office has thrown down the gauntlet to its rivals by reporting a doubling of its profit in what looks set to be a record year for US... more

• Malpractice Suit Filed Against Weil Gotshal, Two Partners

  Dec 29 2007 A Dallas businessman has sued Weil, Gotshal & Manges, alleging that the firm and two of its partners took advantage of him as a client by lessening his interest in a... more

• Private equity star Rosen set to join DLA Piper

  Dec 08 2007 Former Weil Gotshal & Manges private equity star Will Rosen is set to join DLA Piper in January. Rosen, who left Weil in July, has been in talks with a number of firms... more

• Weil restructuring chief joins Dewey

  Dec 01 2007 Dewey & LeBoeuf in New York has hired a Weil Gotshal & Manges restructuring team headed by partner Martin Bienenstock. The hire of such a significant team from one of... more

• Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Becomes First Law Firm to be Named a Community of Respect(R)

  Oct 11 2007 The international law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has achieved several firsts in the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL's) Community of Respect(R) program, a program... more