Since its founding in 1931,
Weil Gotshal & Manges has grown to become one of the country’s leading firms in M&A, private equity and restructuring and insolvency. It has also physically grown to 15 offices across three continents. There are eight offices in the United States: Boston, Dallas, Houston, Miami, New York, Princeton, Silicon Valley and Washington D.C. The New York office serves as the firm’s headquarters and is also its largest. Weil prides itself on its commitment to gender diversity, talent management and innovation. Most notably, it has an incredibly strong work-life balance as recognized through numerous accolades.
Weil is a market leader in M&A, private equity and restructuring and insolvency, but it is also well known for its work in the banking, structured finance and securitization and private equity funds practices. Overall, it is a strong firm across all financial and corporate practices.
In regulatory financial services, the firm advises banking and financial institutions in matters related to acquisition and corporate compliance and governance. It also advises clients in monetary policies such the Volcker Rule, Dodd-Frank Act, National Bank Act and International Banking Act. In banking, Weil acts on both the borrower and lender side in bridge loans, term loans, working capital facilities and credit facilities regarding acquisition financing, refinancing and DIP financing.
In capital markets, the firm advises issuers and underwriters alike in debt, equity and securitization related matters. In debt capital markets, the capital markets team advises clients
in investment grade and high yield bond offerings. On the equity side, the firm works on transactions related to tender offers, share offerings, secondary offerings and IPOs. In structured finance and securitizations, the team advises clients
in ABS offerings and CLOs. Many of these transactions on all sides of capital markets were used as a form of acquisition financing.
The firm has a strong private equity practice that advises private equity firms in fund formations and acquisitions. The M&A practice acts on the buy and sell side in high value strategic and private equity acquisitions.
In restructuring and insolvency, the practice represents creditors and debtors in many of the most
high profile Chapter 11 and out of court restructuring cases in the country.
Additionally, the New York office has so much experience in the real estate industry that it has its own practice dedicated to advising clients related to development, financing and REITs in any matter regarding real estate. This includes acquisitions, management agreements, financing, development and related aspects of Chapter 11 proceedings.
Key clients for the firm include Citi, JP Morgan, Johnson & Johnson, Campbell Soup, Morgan Stanley, Brookfield Property REIT, Eli Lilly, Advent International, Ceridian HCM Holding, Guggenheim Securities, Atalaya Capital Management, Hertz, Genstar Capital, Brookfield Asset Management, Atlas Partners, Softbank, Willis Towers Watson and Total.
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