Headquarters |
General Motors Building New York City, New York, United States |
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No. of offices | 21 |
No. of attorneys | 1,083 (2016) |
Major practice areas | General practice |
Key people | Barry M. Wolf, Executive Partner, Management Committee Chair |
Revenue | $1.27 billion (2016) |
Date founded | 1931 (New York City) |
Founder |
Frank Weil Sylvan Gotshal Horace Manges |
Company type | Limited-liability partnership |
Website | |
weil.com |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, headquartered in New York City, is an American international law firm. With over 1,000 attorneys, the firm has offices in Boston, Washington, D.C., Miami, Houston, New York, Silicon Valley, Dallas, Paris, London, Munich, Prague, Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Frankfurt, Budapest, Warsaw and Dubai.
Weil is consistently ranked as one of the most prestigious law firms in the world. The firm has a gross annual revenue in excess of $1.1 billion, making it amongst the world's most profitable law firms according to The American Lawyer's AmLaw 100 survey.
The firm is best known for representing some of the world's largest companies and financial institutions through its corporate (including subgroups specializing in banking & finance, structured finance, capital markets, technology and IP transactions, private equity), mergers & acquisitions, and restructuring practices.
The firm was founded in New York City in 1931 by Frank Weil, Sylvan Gotshal, and Horace Manges. Since 1968, Weil has been headquartered in the General Motors building, overlooking Central Park, in New York City's Manhattan borough.