We Are Weil
With an entrepreneurial spirit at our core, Weil lawyers bring passion, creativity and optimism to every matter. Always curious and driven to innovate, our team consistently reviews way to improve our performance for the benefit of our clients.
Our success stems from our roles as strong advocates and strategic business partners for clients wherever they operate. Talented individuals who want to tackle complex, challenging matters on behalf of world-class companies will find ample opportunities to shine. Among Weil's notable accomplishments, our lawyers have:
- Pioneered major areas of law, including corporate governance, private equity and restructuring
- Advised on more than 1,700 deals totaling nearly $2T, including over 350 $1 billion+ transactions, during the past five years.
- Won 12 Litigation Department of the Year awards from 2017 – 2024
- Served as chief debtors’ counsel in 6 of the 10 largest U.S. bankruptcy filings in history
- Performed more than 1 million hours of pro bono service since 2005
- Founded five affinity group partnerships that address the intersectionality of race, sexual orientation and other diversity demographics and strengthen our commitment to diversity and inclusion
- Founded five affinity group partnerships that address the intersectionality of race, sexual orientation and other diversity demographics and strengthen our commitment to diversity and inclusion
Our Offices
We have offices spanning 3 continents and 5 countries.
Our Practices
Our People
Weil's approximately 1,200 lawyers globally speak 48 languages and communicate effectively across many cultures. Our U.S. lawyers and staff hail from 40 countries around the globe.
- Weil Ranked #1 in Law360's Summer Associates Survey (2023)
- Weil Highly Ranked on The American Lawyer’s A-List (2024)
- Weil’s work guiding Microsoft in its $68.7B acquisition of Activision honored as 2024 "Matter of the Year” by Global Competition Review
- Weil’s representation of Advent International in its $6.4B acquisition of Maxar Technologies named “Private Equity Deal of the Year” at the 2024 IFLR Americas Awards
- Corporate Department Chairman Michael Aiello Named “Dealmaker of the Year” by The New York Law Journal (2023)
- Four Weil partners were named “2024 MVPs” and three were named “2024 Rising Stars” by Law360
- Two Weil partners were named “2024 Rising Stars” by The New York Law Journal
- Weil Named Litigation Department of the Year: Class Actions by The New York Law Journal (2023)
- Chantale Fiebig and Jeff White named finalists for “D.C. Managing Partner of the Year” and the Firm shortlisted for “Litigation Department of the Year, General Litigation” by the National Law Journal
- Charan Sandhu and Olivia Greer honored for “Mentor/Mentee Collaboration” in Corporate Counsel’s 2024 Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards
- Weil Won Three Law360 Practice Group of the Year Awards (2024)
- Weil Named to the National Law Journal's 2023 Appellate Hot List (2023)
- Trey Muldrow named among Savoy Magazine’s “Most Influential Lawyers” for 2024