Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP

Founded in 1931, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is a global law firm with offices across three continents. The firm has established a significant international presence to serve clients wherever they operate. Its four core departments—corporate, litigation, restructuring, and tax, executive compensation and benefits—are consistently recognised as leaders in their respective fields.

Weil has a strong reputation in private equity, advising across all aspects of the investment lifecycle and acting for a wide range of market participants, including pension funds, growth funds and multi-asset managers. Its private equity infrastructure team supports leading infrastructure funds and investors with cross-border M&A, financing and restructurings. The corporate and M&A practice advises clients on UK and international transactions, covering takeovers, carve-outs, public-to-privates, joint ventures and distressed M&A, as well as corporate governance, compliance and equity capital markets, including IPOs.

The private funds team integrates funds, tax and regulatory expertise to advise managers throughout the duration of their funds, from capital raising to realisation. The leveraged finance and high yield practice, based in London, advises financial institutions and private equity sponsors on complex financings, supported by the firm’s full-service banking and finance capability. The structured finance group is recognised for complex and innovative transactions in Europe, including first-of-its-kind securitisations, ABS, MBS, European CLO 2.0, debt portfolio trades and distressed deals.

Weil’s restructuring team advises on high-profile and complex cases, acting for a broad range of stakeholders including debtors, creditors, directors, private equity houses, lenders, purchasers and sellers of distressed M&A assets and NPLs. Its global platform enables integrated cross-border restructuring advice across the US, UK and Europe. The London dispute resolution practice handles significant and technically complex cases, including matters that have set leading legal precedents, advising on all aspects of commercial disputes and investigations through litigation, arbitration and negotiation.

The tax team provides advice on structuring and implementing transactions as well as consultancy services, working with colleagues globally to deliver comprehensive solutions. The competition practice advises on multinational regulatory matters, particularly relating to EU and US competition laws and enforcement. In addition, Weil’s team of in-house transaction specialists provide focused support on corporate governance and compliance, employment, data protection, intellectual property, management incentives, real estate and technology, complementing the firm’s full-service offering.