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
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
Willkie promotes 30 to partner in London-heavy round
Seven London promotions boosts Willkie’s partner bench in the city by 25%
Duane Morris hires arbitration partner from Willkie Farr in London
Duncan Speller will co-chair international disputes group
Willkie names private equity leader as new joint chair
Jeffrey Poss to succeed longtime chair Thomas Cerabino at the start of 2027
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
Willkie Farr & Gallagher debuts in Hamburg
US firm opens third German base with recently-hired restructuring and litigation teams
Innsworth launches judicial review over Mastercard settlement distribution
Funder disputes tribunal’s return cap in Merricks collective action, citing legal and procedural errors
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Willkie Farr continues Germany growth push with Quinn Emanuel duo
US firm also tapped Latham for 11-lawyer restructuring team in Germany last summer
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
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
Willkie hires 11-strong team from Mayer Brown in Chicago
Grouping includes capital markets co-head Edward Best and three other partners
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