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Weil taps Latham for two more IP litigators
Chris Henry and Gaby LaHatte arrive hot on the heels of Weil’s hire of Latham partner trio for new IP, technology and science litigation practice
Weil hires IP partner trio from Latham & Watkins to strengthen tech litigation bench
Doug Lumish and Jeff Homrig return to Weil to co-head its IP, technology and science litigation practice
European retailers feeling biggest strains since global financial crisis – study
Weil’s European Distress Index shows distress rising across multiple industries and economies
Weil, Slaughter and May guide Advent’s £4.4bn Spectris takeover
Weil advises Advent as Slaughters acts for Spectris in one of the biggest recent takeovers of a London-listed business
Sidley unveils triple partner raid on Weil in London private funds push
Weil’s global private funds co-head, Ed Gander, to be joined by Stephen Fox and Peter Boulle in coming weeks
A&O Shearman, Weil, NRF advise on Ageas’ purchase of Bain-backed insurer esure
Deal valued at just under £1.3bn will create top three UK personal line insurance platform
Weil adds private equity secondaries partner from Ropes & Gray in London
Simon Saitowitz, noted for developing liquidity techniques for asset managers, is third partner to join office this year
Who won Women & Diversity in Law Awards 2025 – and why
Details of all the winning entries in this year’s awards
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
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
‘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.
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
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
Weil makes up 18 in latest partner promotions round
Firm’s largest round since 2021 dominated by restructuring and banking and finance
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
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
Weil private funds buildout continues with Goodwin partner hire
Karen Chao is the fourth private funds partner to join Weil since late 2023
Weil recruits ex-Goldman Sachs lawyer for London finance team
Nicola Noël joins US firm as a partner from Canadian pension investor PSP Investments
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
Paul Hastings taps Weil for London finance partner
Structured finance specialist Brian Maher latest Weil partner to join US rival