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Read Weil’s latest Tax Blog from the London Tax team – Tax and the General Election 2024: The Manifestos – https://lnkd.in/eNyU8uq3

In honor of Father’s Day, Weil held a panel discussion highlighting the unique journey of balancing career growth and family life. Banking & Finance counsel Nick Nikic facilitated a discussion with Private Equity partners Gareth Clark and Robert A. Rizzo – who joined the program virtually – and Weil’s Director of Human Resources Allan Garcia to share their approaches to parenthood and professional development. This event was the second of a two-part series from Parents@Weil. Thank you again to the leaders who spoke at our Mother’s Day event: https://lnkd.in/e5JX7fVn #FathersDay

Weil Washington, D.C. Co-Managing Partners Chantale Fiebig and Jeff White, national Complex Commercial Litigation Co-Head Andrew Tulumello (Drew), and partners Arianna Scavetti and Kaitlin Descovich hosted distinguished clients and their families for the recent Washington Mystics vs. Indiana Fever game at Capital One Arena. It was a great night cheering on rookie sensations Caitlin Clark and Aaliyah Edwards and all their teammates. We thank our guests for joining us and sharing in Weil’s ongoing support of women’s sports!

A Weil team led by High Yield partner Gilles Teerlinck advised BNP Paribas and Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners, and BofA Securities Europe SA, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, J.P. Morgan SE and Morgan Stanley Europe SE, as joint bookrunners in connection with Bertrand Franchise Finance’s offering of €850.0 million floating rate senior secured notes due 2030 and €300.0 million 6.50% senior secured notes due 2030. Bertrand Franchise is France’s leading multi-brand food service franchising platform, renowned for its diverse and strategically curated portfolio of market-leading restaurant brands, such as Burger King, Au Bureau, Hippopotamus and Léon. Read more about this transaction and the full Weil team: https://lnkd.in/e8bkWse5

A Weil team led by Houston office Managing Partner Gabriel Morgan and Restructuring Department Co-Chair Gary Holtzer advised SoftBank Vision Fund II in the successful restructuring of $4 billion of WeWork debt. Read more about this matter and the full Weil team: https://lnkd.in/eFuQjuMr

In the fiercely competitive data center investment landscape and the new playbook of DC investing, mastering three critical pillars – platform, real estate and energy – is essential. Financial investors looking to deploy meaningful capital in DCs need to stand out from lesser-equipped, lesser-informed and narrower-minded investors who are also looking at DCs, but who will lose out on opportunities to those who are more comfortable with DC market practices. In this article for AlphaWeek, Brian Gingold, Arnie Fridhandler, Jacqui Bogucki and Pej Razavilar elaborate on the new approach financial investors should consider to successfully invest in data centers, founded on those three key pillars. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/e4Mg98Dz #DataCenters #PrivateEquity #RealEstate

A Weil team led by Private Equity partner David Gail and Private Equity associates Patrick Hosch and Emma Conde advised PSG and its portfolio company Formstack – a leading form, document and eSignature software provider – in its acquisition of Open Raven, a leading data management and security company.   Read more about this transaction and the full Weil team: https://lnkd.in/e2_4yWci

  Congratulations to Dennis Adams, Karen Ballack, John Barry, Anne Cappella, Anish Desai, Olivia Greer, Jeffrey Osterman, Mark Perry, Edward Reines, Charan Sandhu, Derek Walter and Elizabeth (Liz) Stotland Weiswasser on receiving a total of 15 individual recommendations in the 2024 edition of IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners. Our Patent Litigation and Technology & IP Transactions practices received seven firm-wide rankings and were noted as among the best in the U.S. “Covering the East and West coasts, Weil Gotshal & Manges offers sound counsel and staunch representation to leaders in the life sciences and technology industries,” the publication wrote. Read more about these recognitions: https://lnkd.in/eG-WW4JZ #IntellectualProperty

Weil and Alvarez & Marsal recently partnered for a highly-informative discussion on the current cybersecurity landscape. Our speakers included Peter Boulle, Barry Fishley, Olivia Greer, Chloe Kite, Hannah Rumble and Marc Schubert from Weil, Lorenzo Grillo from A&M and Siobhan Lee Honeyben from the City of London Police.   These thought leaders covered the key best practices in seeking to avoid or mitigate cybersecurity risk, current legal and regulatory requirements and navigating forthcoming laws, the do’s and don’ts of ransomware attacks, the impact of AI, and the impact on M&A/transactional considerations. #Cybersecurity #AI

Congratulations to Wupya Nandap on being named among the U.K. Legal Industry’s Best Up-and-Coming Black Lawyers by Law.com. This inaugural list highlights 10 exceptional rising stars aged under 40, selected on the quality of their client base, the size and complexity of deals they have worked on, client feedback, and their commitment to innovation. Read more about this recognition: https://lnkd.in/eYbn6PHU