Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Congratulations to our global Antitrust practice on earning two awards at Global Competition Review’s GCR Awards. Our Firm was honored in the Merger Control Matter of the Year – Europe category for its work on the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority’s groundbreaking clearance of the Vodafone and Three UK joint venture, advising Virgin Media O2. Weil was also selected in the Litigation of the Year – Non-Cartel Prosecution category for serving as counsel to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. in an antitrust dispute with competitor Novartis AG, in which Weil secured a key reversal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Read more about our industry-leading Antitrust practice: https://lnkd.in/etP2Fa2i

Read the latest Private Funds Regulatory Review from David Wohl, Christopher Mulligan, Christopher Scully, John Bradshaw, Stephen Filocoma, and Jake Pero – https://lnkd.in/e_Z_UkVD

A Weil team led by Private Equity partner Brian Parness and Private Funds partners Stephanie Srulowitz and Sarah Borden advised affiliates of Apollo S3 Investment Management, L.P., as lead investor, in its investment in a newly formed Crestview Partners continuation fund that includes two Crestview Partners III, L.P. investments, Venerable and ATC, with nearly $600 million in commitments. The new continuation fund aims to support investments and acquisition opportunities for Venerable and ATC, while also providing liquidity to Fund III limited partners, solidifying the returns of both investments thus far. View the full Weil team: https://lnkd.in/ehhFgctP

As we conclude our series on Weil’s recently elevated partner class, we are thrilled to congratulate Alexander Miachika, a Private Equity partner based in New York. Alexander represents alternative asset management firms, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on a wide range of corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, GP-led secondary transactions, joint ventures and minority investments. View more on Alexander and his accomplishments: https://lnkd.in/ebD8Myth

A Weil team led by High Yield partner Gilles Teerlinck advised BNP PARIBAS and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, as joint global coordinators and joint physical bookrunners, Natixis and Société Générale, as joint global coordinators and BBVA, Belfius, BRED Banque Populaire, CaixaBank, CIC Market Solutions and La Banque Postale, as joint bookrunners, in connection with the issuance of €300 million 4.7500% senior notes due 2032 by Fnac Darty S.A. Read more about this transaction and view the full Weil team: https://lnkd.in/e7m4TQ-y

Weil is pleased to welcome back Tom Hashagen as a partner in our Banking & Finance practice, based in our New York office. He focuses on advising leading financial institutions, institutional lenders, direct lenders and corporate borrowers on all types of bank finance transactions, with a particular focus on leveraged loans. Tom rejoins Weil from The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., where he was a Managing Director and head of the Americas Loan Negotiation Group in the Global Banking & Markets division, handling a variety of transactions while supervising a team of dedicated professionals. Today’s announcement is part of an ongoing expansion of Weil’s Banking & Finance practice. Sponsor-side leader Thomas Mastoras also recently rejoined Weil and lender-side leader Meredith Mackey joined Weil in December. View more on Tom and his achievements: https://lnkd.in/eZTxwF55

The latest iteration of the Weil European Distress Index sees rising corporate distress across the board in Europe, with Germany and the UK experiencing significant spikes. The report, which aggregates data from more than 3,750 listed corporates and financial market indicators, finds that low business confidence and elevated market volatility have driven distress levels to a six-month high across the continent, while a continuing re-orientation of global trade has piled pressure onto export-reliant economies. Weil’s European Restructuring team includes partners Andrew Wilkinson, Neil Devaney, Matt Benson, Jenny Davidson, Lois Deasey, Mark Lawford, Gemma Sage, Jean-Dominique Daudier de Cassini, Céline Domenget-Morin, Gerhard Schmidt, Britta Grauke and Dr. Matthias Eiden. Read the full report: www.weil.com/wedi #CorporateDistress #Restructuring #WeilEuropeanDistressIndex

Congratulations to Jeffrey Dawidowicz, one of our newest partners. He is in our Structured Finance & Derivatives practice and is based in New York. Jeffrey advises issuers, underwriters, placement agents, lenders and collateral managers in all aspects of structured finance transactions, both in the United States and abroad. View more on Jeffrey and his accomplishments: https://lnkd.in/er_pykGB

During the first quarter of the year, Weil’s Executive Partner Barry Wolf completed his annual tour of our global offices, meeting with leaders, lawyers and business professionals to present on our Firm and answer thoughtful questions. Pictured here are some of the colleagues Barry met with during the U.S. leg of this tour. Learn more about Weil’s U.S. offices: https://lnkd.in/eeYKY-Bi

Weil’s Private Equity practice recently held its third annual March Madness kick-off event at T-Squared Social in New York for clients and friends of the Firm. Private Equity associate Adam Voorberg, partner Alexander Miachika and associate Zane Mitchell hosted the event, with special guest UNC legend Tyler Hansbrough, as well as approximately 150 attendees from more than 30 of our private equity fund clients in attendance. Thank you to all the attendees, and continued luck with your brackets. Learn more about our market-leading global Private Equity practice: https://lnkd.in/eN73vJcP