& manges llp headquarters general motors building new york city new york united states no . of offices 21 no . of attorneys 1 063 2015 major practice areas general practice key people barry m. wolf executive partner management committee chair 1 revenue 1.164 billion 2015 2 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 . 3 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 . 4 5 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 . 6 contents 1 overview 2 notable deals and cases 3 computer network breaches 4 see also 5 references 6 external links overview edit 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 . 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 . 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 . later the firm further spread its practice notably in non contentious finance and private equity practice . 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 update one quarter of the firm s lawyers practiced outside the u.s. chambers and partners gives the firm high marks in the following practice areas bankruptcy corporate litigation mergers and acquisitions private equity buyouts investment funds fund formation financial services regulation intellectual property antitrust patent litigation labor and employment securities litigation entertainment litigation and tax . 7 notable deals and cases edit clarification needed olympus corporation s olympus scandal deal for british medical equipment maker gyrus earned weil an undisclosed portion of the extraordinary 687 million fee ; the 2 billion acquisition was the largest in olympus s history ; the fee was shared with the deal s financial advisor and its broker ; auditor kpmg refused to issue an unqualified audit report due to issues with the gyrus deal for which a 21 attorney weil team was legal advisor 8 general electric s 11.6 billion sale of ge plastics to saudi basic industries 9 directv s 25 billion stock for stock merger with liberty entertainment 10 sanofi aventis s 18 billion acquisition of genzyme 11 general electric s 35 billion joint venture with comcast for ownership of nbc universal 12 apple inc. s favorable settlement of litigation with burst.com citation needed cbs corporation s successful defense against a lawsuit filed by former reporter and news anchorman dan rather 13 exxonmobil s successful breach of contract suit against saudi basic industries resulting in a 400 million jury award one of the largest in history citation needed ebay s successful defense in trademark litigation with tiffany & co. 14 enron bankruptcy 15 lehman brothers bankruptcy 16 washington mutual bankruptcy 17 worldcom bankruptcy 18 general motors bankruptcy 19 intel s 16 billion acquisition of altera 20 facebook s 19 billion acquisition of whatsapp 21 oracle s 9 billion acquisition of netsuite 22 computer network breaches edit the computer networks of the firm were allegedly breached in march 2016 . 23 see also edit law portal new york city portal list of 100 largest law firms list of companies based in new york city references edit 1 staff n.d. . the 2011 global 100 most profits per partner . the american lawyer . retrieved january 31 2012 . http www.vault.com company profiles law weil gotshal manges llp company overview.aspx dead link 2005 the national law journal 250 . the national law journal . retrieved october 9 2012 . staff july 1 2005 . the am law 100 the billion dollar club expands abstract . the american lawyer via law.com . retrieved october 9 2012 . subscription required help . http www.chambers associate.com firmfeature 3667 staff n.d. . weil gotshal & manges llp . chambers and partners . retrieved october 9 2012 . staff october 27 2011 . additional information on our previous acquisition deals pdf format . olympus corporation . retrieved october 9 2012 . layne rachel ; cronin sean may 21 2007 . saudi basic to buy ge plastics unit for 11.6 billion update 5 . bloomberg . retrieved october 9 2012 . nolter chris may 15 2009 . malone s fancy turns to tax free spinoffs . the deal . retrieved october 9 2012 . nicholson chris v. february 16 2011 . sanofi agrees to buy genzyme for 20.1 billion . dealbook blog of the new york times . retrieved october 9 2012 . shields todd ; bliss jeff january 18 2011 . comcast wins u.s. approval to buy nbc universal from ge for 13.8 billion . bloomberg . retrieved october 9 2012 . reagan gillian january 12 2010 . dan rather s 70 million lawsuit against cbs finally dies . business insider . retrieved october 2012 . check date values in access date help jones ashby april 1 2010 . second circuit rules for ebay in counterfeit goods case . law blog blog of the wall street journal . retrieved october 9 2012 . glater jonathan d. december 4 2001 . enron s collapse the lawyers ; and the winners in the case are . the new york times . glater jonathan d. december 13 2008 . the man who is unwinding lehman brothers . the new york times . chasan emily september 28 2008 . wamu files bankruptcy petition in delaware . forbes . schmitt richard july 23 2002 . recent bankruptcy filings become a field of gold for weil gotshal . wall street journal . sandler lisa june 1 2009 . gm files bankruptcy to spin off more competitive firm . bloomberg . king ian june 1 2015 . intel s 16.7 billion altera deal is fueled by data centers . bloomberg . rosen ellen february 21 2014 . weil advises facebook as whatsapp uses fenwick business of law . bloomberg . greene jay july 28 2016 . oracle to buy cloud software provider netsuite for 9.3 billion . wall street journal . hackers breach computer networks of some big u.s. law firms report . external links edit weil.com the firm s official website weil gotshal & manges companies grouped at opencorporates linkedin profile chambers and partners firm profile retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title weil gotshal % 26 manges & oldid 742801535 categories 1931 establishments in new yorkcompanies based in manhattanforeign law firms with offices in hong konglaw firms based in new york citylaw firms established in 1931partnershipshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2012pages containing links to subscription only contentcs1 errors datesuse mdy dates from october 2012articles containing potentially dated statements from 2012all articles containing potentially dated statementswikipedia articles needing clarification from october 2012all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2012opencorporates groupings navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 21 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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