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Weil, Gotshal & Manges

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP[a] (/ˈwaɪlˈɡɑːtʃəlˈmæn.dʒiːz/ ⓘ WHILE GOT-chul and MAN-jeez) is an American law firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1931, it employs approximately 1,100 attorneys and reported annual revenues of over $1.8 billion, ranking it within The American Lawyer's AmLaw 100 top tier.[5][6]

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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.[7]

After its founding in 1931, the firm grew steadily in the following decades, taking on clients including General Electric and General Motors, and becoming one of the largest law firms in the country.[8] In 1975, the firm opened an office in Washington, D.C., its first outside New York City, followed in the 1980s by locations in Miami, Houston and Dallas. In 1991 Weil was the first global, non-California law firm to open a Silicon Valley office, in Redwood Shores, California. Later, the firm further spread its practice, notably in non-contentious finance and private equity practice.[9]

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent move by Central and Eastern European countries toward market-based economies prompted the firm to launch its international expansion. It established offices in Budapest, Prague and Warsaw in the early 1990s, followed by the establishment of offices in Frankfurt, London, Munich and Paris. In the 21st century, the firm established offices in Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. As of 2012, one-quarter of the firm's lawyers have practiced outside the U.S.

In November 2023, amid a wave of antisemitic incidents at elite U.S. law schools, Weil, Gotshal & Manges was among a group of major law firms who sent a letter to top law school deans warning them that an escalation in incidents targeting Jewish students would have corporate hiring consequences. The letter said "We look to you to ensure your students who hope to join our firms after graduation are prepared to be an active part of workplace communities that have zero tolerance policies for any form of discrimination or harassment, much less the kind that has been taking place on some law school campuses."[10]

In July 2024, Weil opened new offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, bringing on private equity partners Tana Ryan and Navneet Rekhi from Latham & Watkins to lead the expansion.[11]

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  1. Currently abbreviated as "Weil", previously as "Weil Gotshal"[3] and "WGM".[4]

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