News About Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Eversheds Sutherland adds Paris funds team from Willkie Farr

Partner Tiana Rambatomanga joins at head of three-strong team to launch UK-headquartered firm’s Paris fund structuring practice

2 Jul 2026

Innsworth loses judicial review challenge to Mastercard settlement

Walter Merricks hails ‘total victory’ as High Court dismisses funder’s challenge to distribution of £200m settlement

10 Jun 2026

Willkie promotes 30 to partner in London-heavy round

Seven London promotions boosts Willkie’s partner bench in the city by 25%

20 Nov 2025

Duane Morris hires arbitration partner from Willkie Farr in London

Duncan Speller will co-chair international disputes group

28 Oct 2025

Willkie names private equity leader as new joint chair

Jeffrey Poss to succeed longtime chair Thomas Cerabino at the start of 2027

17 Sep 2025

Willkie builds in Dallas with PE partner trio from Akin, A&O Shearman

PE-focused office has doubled partner headcount since opening 14 months ago

16 Jul 2025

Willkie Farr & Gallagher debuts in Hamburg

US firm opens third German base with recently-hired restructuring and litigation teams

2 Jul 2025

Innsworth launches judicial review over Mastercard settlement distribution

Funder disputes tribunal’s return cap in Merricks collective action, citing legal and procedural errors

11 Jun 2025

Merricks v Mastercard – landmark settlement or Pyrrhic victory?

A bitter clash between funder and claimant has laid bare deep tensions at the heart of collective actions in the wake of the UK’s largest collective settlement, reports Ben Rigby

22 May 2025

CAT approves £200m Mastercard settlement amid bitter funding dispute

‘Largest consumer settlement through the English courts’ brings decade-long interchange fee battle to a close

20 May 2025

Latham, Willkie Farr guide Coinbase’s $2.9bn Deribit acquisition

Latham advises Coinbase with Willkie across the table in crypto industry’s biggest deal to date

13 May 2025

White & Case, Milbank, Willkie Farr guide NRG Energy’s $12bn LS Power deal

White & Case counsels NRG Energy in deal to acquire fleet of natural gas-fired power plants from LS Power, repped by Willkie Farr and Milbank

12 May 2025

Willkie Farr strikes deal to avoid Trump executive order

Firm where former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff practices joins Paul Weiss and Skadden in cutting a deal to escape punitive executive action

2 Apr 2025

CAT approves Mastercard’s £200m class action settlement over credit card fees

Decision follows bid by claim’s funder to scupper deal struck with lead claimant Walter Merricks

21 Feb 2025

Simpson Thacher taps Willkie Farr for four-partner registered funds team

Firm cites growing client focus on retail market products as partners join across New York and DC

19 Feb 2025

Willkie Farr continues Germany growth push with Quinn Emanuel duo

US firm also tapped Latham for 11-lawyer restructuring team in Germany last summer

7 Feb 2025

Mastercard agrees settlement in landmark interchange fee collective action

Agreement set to be challenged by litigation funder is subject to approval by Competition Appeal Tribunal

4 Dec 2024

Willkie Farr advises Which? on billion-pound cloud storage class action claim against Apple

Claim filed with the Competition Appeal Tribunal alleges Apple's cloud storage service breached UK competition law

15 Nov 2024

Willkie hires 11-strong team from Mayer Brown in Chicago

Grouping includes capital markets co-head Edward Best and three other partners

21 Aug 2024

Willkie Farr, Sullivan & Cromwell counsel Saks owner and Neiman Marcus Group in $2.65bn retail luxury acquisition

Deal marks efforts to boost the combined brands’ ability to compete in the luxury market

7 Jul 2024