by RG | Nov 4, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which nearly 80-year-old San Francisco firm became the hottest law shop of the dot-com boom, handling hundreds of tech IPOs and sometimes even taking equity stakes in the startups it represented...
by RG | Nov 4, 2026 | above the law
Welcome To The House: Three years after Biglaw fired her, she’s going to be the first Gen Z woman in Congress. Weil Isn’t Even Closed Yet And The Former Partners Have Already Called Their Lawyers: That “orderly” wind-down is getting less orderly by the day. Gibson...
by RG | Nov 4, 2026 | above the law
Weil Gotshal & Manges hasn’t finished turning off the lights, and the people who used to work there are already calling their lawyers. The Financial Times reported Tuesday that, while the firm is planning an an orderly wind-down outside bankruptcy, a group of Weil...
by RG | Nov 4, 2026 | above the law
When a Biglaw firm collapses, its competitors don’t exactly wait for the farewell party to start recruiting. Weil Gotshal is preparing to wind down after a stunning series of partner departures and failed merger talks, and Gibson Dunn could soon welcome enough of its...
by RG | Nov 4, 2026 | above the law
Kinney Recruiting has been retained on an exclusive in-house search for an Assistant General Counsel, Bankruptcy, for a financial institution’s New York and Northern Virginia offices. We are seeing an attorney with five or more years of experience working on complex...
by RG | Nov 4, 2026 | above the law
We look back on the wild week that brought down a Biglaw behemoth. Weil Gotshal, a firm that rang up $2B in revenue last year against zero debt, is going out of business. As the firm’s lawyers frantically seek landing spots, Weil reminds everyone that they need to...
