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Who won Women & Diversity in Law Awards 2025 – and why

Details of all the winning entries in this year’s awards

10 Apr 2025

Sidley, Weil lead on Clearlake’s $7.7bn deal to take Dun & Bradstreet private

Sidley guides longtime client Clearlake as Weil advises Dun & Bradstreet on deal that ends its second stint as a public company

25 Mar 2025

Paul Hastings, Weil called in for BlackRock’s $23bn Panama Ports deal

Paul Hastings advises seller CK Hutchison as Weil guides consortium led by BlackRock

7 Mar 2025

‘It’s always good to close a deal’: Mike Francies bows out after 26 years at Weil in London

Top corporate lawyer reflects on shaping Weil’s City practice, the rise of private equity, and passing the torch to new leadership.

23 Dec 2024

Simpson Thacher restructuring leader rejoins Weil in New York

Sunny Singh returns to co-chair top-tier practice following Ray Schrock’s exit last month

16 Dec 2024

Weil recruits partners in New York from Fried Frank, White & Case

Firms boosts banking and finance and executive comp bench hot on the heels of senior exits

2 Dec 2024

Weil makes up 18 in latest partner promotions round

Firm’s largest round since 2021 dominated by restructuring and banking and finance

27 Nov 2024

Latham & Watkins makes quartet of restructuring partner hires from Weil, Paul Weiss

Incoming group includes Ray Schrock, who joins as global chair of its restructuring and special situations practice

22 Nov 2024

Weil loses trio of high-profile partners to Paul Weiss and Latham & Watkins

Litigators Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser and Anish Desai head to Paul Weiss, while restructuring partner Ray Schrock joins Latham

21 Nov 2024

Weil private funds buildout continues with Goodwin partner hire

Karen Chao is the fourth private funds partner to join Weil since late 2023

19 Sep 2024

Weil recruits ex-Goldman Sachs lawyer for London finance team

Nicola Noël joins US firm as a partner from Canadian pension investor PSP Investments

9 Sep 2024

White & Case recruits Weil partner to lead Paris restructuring team

Anne-Sophie Noury’s arrival follows team exits earlier this year from White & Case to Jones Day and Hogan Lovells

30 Aug 2024

Paul Hastings taps Weil for London finance partner

Structured finance specialist Brian Maher latest Weil partner to join US rival

5 Aug 2024

Hogan Lovells bolsters City bench with trio of private capital hires from US rivals

Transatlantic firm adds lawyers from K&L Gates, Ropes & Gray and Weil to help target global private capital market across full investment lifecycle

16 Jul 2024

Weil adds Latham PE dealmakers for Los Angeles and San Francisco launches

Tana Ryan and Navneeta Rekhi join as New York firm targets West Coast growth

11 Jul 2024

Paul Hastings adds finance partner in London from Weil

Reena Gogna latest hire to boost US firm’s lender-side leveraged finance offering in the City

25 Jun 2024

Kirkland, Weil, CMS steer TPG’s €3.9bn acquisition of Aareal Bank tech unit

Kirkland reps TPG and Canadian investment group CDPQ on purchase of property lender’s prized unit Aareon

25 Jun 2024

Skadden, Weil shepherd Honeywell’s $1.9bn CAES acquisition

Weil counsels seller Advent as Skadden acts for longtime client Honeywell in deal for defence tech company

21 Jun 2024

Complex global M&A deals face increased merger clearance challenges, study finds

Some 43% of cross-border transactions over the past four years failed to close due to regulatory scrutiny

24 May 2024

Paul Hastings, Weil called in for sale of majority stake in Edinburgh Airport

Paul Hastings acts for buyer Vinci in £1.27bn deal as Weil counsels seller Global Infrastructure Partners

18 Apr 2024