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Weil Gotshal & Manges
Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Weil Gotshal & Manges is an elite US law firm, headquartered in New York. Its London office has a market-leading reputation across private equity, sponsor-side finance, investment funds, capital markets and restructuring. The firm is particularly renowned for its sponsor finance and leveraged lending practice, led by Tom Richards and Chris McLaughlin, advising top-tier sponsors on the largest and most complex European LBO financings. Weil is also a dominant force in private funds, with a deep bench advising on private equity, credit, infrastructure and real estate funds, including GP-led secondaries and GP stake transactions.

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David Avery-Gee
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Lewis Blakey
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Private equity
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Peter Boulle
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Rising star partner
Practice Area:
Private equity funds
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Patrick Brendon
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Rising star partner
Practice Area:
Bank lending : Sponsor side
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Industry Sector:
Banking
Financial services
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
James Bromley
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Market leader
Practice Area:
Investment funds
Real estate funds
Private equity funds
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Simon Caridia
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Banking and finance
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Industry Sector:
Energy
Utilities
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Marco Compagnoni
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Market leader
Practice Area:
Private equity
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Industry Sector:
Investment management
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
James Crooks
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Banking
Capital markets : Debt
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
Scotland
Alex Eagle
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Rising star partner
Practice Area:
Bank lending : Sponsor side
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Industry Sector:
Banking
Financial services
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Ian Hamilton
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Capital markets
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
James Harvey
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Private equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
New York
Aron Joy
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Private equity funds
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Jacky Kelly
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Market leader
Women Leaders
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Capital markets : Derivatives
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Industry Sector:
Banking
Investment management
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Andrew Lauder
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Derivatives
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Mark Lawford
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Restructuring and insolvency
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Brendan Moylan
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Private equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Industry Sector:
Energy
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
New South Wales
Max Oppenheimer
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Rising star partner
Practice Area:
Private equity
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Tom Richards
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Market leader
Practice Area:
Banking
Bank lending : Sponsor side
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Industry Sector:
Investment management
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
James Sargent
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Market leader
Practice Area:
Investment funds
Real estate funds
Private equity funds
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Industry Sector:
Investment management
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Marc Schubert
Firm:
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Financial services regulatory
Private equity funds
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Node4 Ltd. - M&A
2021-07-20
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
Node4 Ltd.
Buyer
Limerston Capital LLP - M&A
2021-07-20
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
Candice Lambeth, James MacArthur, Lennard Ong
Limerston Capital LLP
Seller
THI Investments GmbH - M&A
2021-01-07
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
Barry Fishley, James MacArthur, Jenny Doak, Paul Hibbert
THI Investments GmbH
Buyer
bd-capital Partners Ltd. - M&A
2021-06-17
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
Jonathan Wood
bd-capital Partners Ltd.
Buyer
INW Manufacturing LLC - M&A
2021-03-29
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
Alexa Clinton, Andrew Colao, Annemargaret Connolly, Bambo Obaro, Celine Chan, Charan Sandhu, Charles Ching, Christopher Machera, David Singh, Helyn Goldstein, Jennifer Britz, Jenny Doak, John O'Loughlin, John Scribner, Matthew Morton, Michael Francies, Michael Naughton, Michael Nissan, Nicholas Pappas, Timothy Welch
INW Manufacturing LLC
Buyer
Sanofi SA - M&A
2021-01-11
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
Iliana Ivanova, Jack Gray, Michael Aiello, Michael Francies, Michael Grant, Tom Tsatsis
Sanofi SA
Buyer
Cobham Ltd. - M&A
2021-06-07
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
Barry Fishley, Edouard de Lamy, Jean-Baptiste Cornic, Jennifer Britz, Jonathan Macke, Lewis Blakey, Nafees Saeed, Oliver Walker, Romain Ferla, Timothy Welch
Cobham Ltd.
Seller
Cardtronics plc - M&A
2021-01-25
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
Aileen Kim, Alex Chelesnik, Allison Liff, Amanda Rosenblum, Amy Rubin, C. Tyler Silvey, Corey Chivers, Devon Bodoh, Greg Featherman, Jackie Cohen, Kaitlin Descovich, Lyuba Goltser, Michael Aiello
Cardtronics plc
Seller
Wejo Ltd. - M&A
2021-05-28
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
Adam Safwat, Amy Rubin, Annemargaret Connolly, Barry Fishley, Ben Burton, Bilal Chaudhry, Briony Pollard, Christina De Vuono, Devon Bodoh, Edric Itchon, Ivor Gwilliams, Jackie Cohen, James Harvey, Jenny Doak, Lyuba Goltser, Martin Weatherston-Wilson, Matt Berde, Michael Zavagno, Nicholas Pappas, Paul Stewart, Shawn Cooley, Timothy Welch, Vadim Brusser
Wejo Ltd.
Target
Depop Ltd. - M&A
2021-06-02
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
Barry Fishley, Christopher Marks, Corey Chivers, Ellie Fialho, Erica Rees, Greg Featherman, Ivor Gwilliams, Jennifer Britz, Jessica Corr, Jonathan Wood, Murray Cox, Oliver Walker, Thomas Weatherill
Depop Ltd.
Target
bd-capital Partners Ltd. - M&A
2021-04-28
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
Barry Fishley, Briony Pollard, Christopher Marks, Erica Rees, Ivor Gwilliams, Jonathan Wood, Oliver Walker
bd-capital Partners Ltd.
Buyer
Aareon AG - M&A
2021-05-25
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
Barry Fishley, Lewis Blakey, Oliver Walker
Aareon AG
Buyer
Cobham Ltd. - M&A
2021-02-01
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
Barry Fishley, Christopher Marks, Jennifer Britz, Jonathan Macke, Jonathan Wood, Lewis Blakey, Oliver Walker, Ramona Nee, Tom Richards, Vadim Brusser
Cobham Ltd.
Seller
Antin Infrastructure Partners SAS - M&A
2021-07-26
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
Antin Infrastructure Partners SAS
Buyer
Providence Equity Partners LLC - M&A
2021-03-03
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
Marco Compagnoni
Providence Equity Partners LLC
Buyer
TES Global Ltd. - M&A
2021-12-07
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
TES Global Ltd.
Target
PAI Partners SAS - M&A
2022-04-30
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
PAI Partners SAS
Buyer
Eutelsat Communications SA - M&A
2022-07-26
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
Agathe Soilleux, Barry Fishley, Bruno Romagnoli, Christopher Marks, Claude Serra, Claudia Holt, David Avery-Gee, Edouard de Lamy, Jack Gray, Jenine Hulsmann, Laurence Feeny, Lennard Ong, Louis Boutan, Lucy Peckham, Marc Lordonnois, Maria Kabanova, Murray Cox, Nathalia Tekely, Nicholas Barnabo, Niklas Maydell, Oliver Walker, Olivier Jauffret, Ruth Fisher
Eutelsat Communications SA
Buyer
THI Investments GmbH - M&A
2022-09-02
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
Emma Serginson, James MacArthur, Thomas Fisher
THI Investments GmbH
Buyer
CIIG Capital Partners II Inc. - M&A
2022-11-22
Weil Gotshal & Manges
United Kingdom
M&A
CIIG Capital Partners II Inc.
Buyer
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Corporate
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This week’s top moves: firms target private capital talent
From Germany to California, we round up key partner moves across private equity, secondaries, finance and venture capital
September 25 2026
Corporate
The impressive Skyline of the bavarian capital Munich.
Weil boosts German antitrust offering with double hire
Ingo Brinker and Niklas Brueggemann join the firm from White & Case and Latham, respectively
Noemi Distefano, April 21 2026
Corporate
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This week’s people moves: Weil, Reed Smith, Orrick and more
New hires were made across corporate, PE, M&A and finance groups in London, Miami, Los Angeles, Washington DC and Milan
Noemi Distefano, April 16 2026
Corporate
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This week’s people moves: Reed Smith, Simpson Thacher and more
Reed Smith has set up shop in Boston, while other firms have hired across capital structure solutions, project finance, corporate and banking practices in the US, Australia and Italy
Sukanya Sarkar, March 20 2026
M&A
Frankfurt, Germany Skyline
Weil taps Willkie M&A partner to co-lead German PE group
Kamyar Abrar returns to the firm’s Frankfurt office to co-lead a ‘new vanguard of corporate dealmaking’
Noemi Distefano, February 10 2026
Capital Markets
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Why London’s equity capital markets are reviving
A revamped rulebook has given a boost to London IPO activity that looks set to continue in the fourth quarter and into 2026, lawyers tell IFLR
Ralph Cunningham, October 30 2025
M&A
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This week's people moves: HSF Kramer, Weil, Dentons and more
New hires were made in the corporate, M&A, PE and finance practices in Washington, Houston, Paris, Frankfurt, Munich and London
Noemi Distefano, October 09 2025
Capital Markets
LONDON, UK - JANUARY 27, 2015: London's panorama in sun set.
Sullivan & Cromwell sends strong signal with dual London hires
Kon Asimacopoulos and Michael Francies have joined the firm in what could be the start of a significant expansion in the UK capital
Ed Conlon, September 03 2025
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