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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

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UK

Firm Details:


Chairmen:Thomas M Cerabino, Matthew A Feldman

London Managing Partner:Peter Burrell

Total number of lawyers:Approximately 1,200

Languages:English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish


Firm Overview:

Willkie provides leading-edge legal solutions on complex, business critical issues spanning markets and industries. From relatively modest beginnings in 1888 in New York with four lawyers, we now have a coast-to-coast U.S. presence and offices in major business centers throughout Europe. Willkie has continuously attracted some of the best legal minds in the world by fostering a collegial culture; cultivating an inclusive and diverse workplace; and seeking to inspire all employees to serve as stewards for each other, our clients and the broader community.

We deliver innovative, pragmatic and sophisticated legal services across approximately 45 practice areas through our international network of the best local market talent in 15 offices worldwide. In addition to the areas of corporate/M&A; private equity; business reorganization and restructuring; complex litigation; investigations and enforcement; antitrust and competition; asset management (including private funds, registered funds and regulatory and enforcement); and insurance, the firm’s approximately 1,200 attorneys collaborate to provide multidisciplinary advice across the areas of accounting litigation and enforcement; AI and emerging technologies; capital markets; class action litigation; commodities and derivatives; communications and media; corporate governance; crisis management; digital works; energy; entertainment, sports and media; environment, health and safety; environmental, social and governance (ESG); ERISA litigation; executive compensation and employee benefits; family office; finance; global trade and investment; intellectual property; international arbitration; IP, technology and commercial transactions; labor and employment; Latin America; M&A litigation; media and first amendment; privacy, cybersecurity and data strategy; private wealth; project finance and investment; real estate and real estate finance; securities litigation and enforcement; special committee; strategic motions and appeals; structured finance and derivatives; tax; white-collar defense; and a wide range of industries.

Willkie’s London office was established in 1988 and provides English and US legal advice to UK, US and international market-leading public and private companies, investors and financial institutions. The London office is fully integrated and works closely with Willkie’s offices in the US and Continental Europe on many complex international matters. Willkie’s core areas of practice in London are: Antitrust & Competition, Asset Management & Fund Formation, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Competition Litigation, Financial Services Regulatory, Insurance – Transactional & Regulatory, Investigations & Enforcement incl. sanctions, International Arbitration, Litigation, Privacy, Cybersecurity & Data Strategy, Private Equity and M&A, Restructuring and Tax.


Willkie offices: Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Milan, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, Paris, Rome, San Francisco and Washington


* Studio Legale Delfino e Associati, operating in Italy, is affiliated with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

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USA - Head office
UK
  • London
    City Point 1 Ropemaker Street , London, Greater London, UK, EC2Y 9AW
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Ulrich Klockenbrink
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Christoph Schoppe, Jan-Philipp Praß, Jörn Kowalewski, Ulrich Klockenbrink, Wolfram Prusko and more
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Wulf Kring
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Kamyar Abrar, Florian Dendl, Georg Linde
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Private Equity 2024 | Germany | Law and Practice
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Authored by: Marwa Baktash, Maurizio Delfino, Luca Leonardi
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Authored by: Maurizio Delfino, Patrizio Bernardo, Leonardo Fedrini, Massimo Palombi
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP rankings

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London (Firms)
Banking & Finance: Mid-Market
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Ashley Young
4
Ashley Young
4
Band 4
Banking & Finance: Sponsors
1 Department
Department
Banking & Finance: Sponsors
4
Banking & Finance: Sponsors
4
Band 4
Commercial and Corporate Litigation
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Giles Harvey
Giles Harvey
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Competition Law
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Competition Law
5
Competition Law
5
Band 5
Lawyers
Philipp Girardet
3
Philipp Girardet
3
Band 3
Competition Law: Litigation
2 Ranked Lawyers
Lawyers
Boris Bronfentrinker
2
Boris Bronfentrinker
2
Band 2
Elaine Whiteford
3
Elaine Whiteford
3
Band 3
Competition Law: Private Enforcement: Claimant
1 Department
3 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Competition Law: Private Enforcement: Claimant
2
Competition Law: Private Enforcement: Claimant
2
Band 2
Lawyers
Boris Bronfentrinker
1
Boris Bronfentrinker
1
Band 1
Elaine Whiteford
3
Elaine Whiteford
3
Band 3
Nicola Chesaites
3
Nicola Chesaites
3
Band 3
Corporate Crime & Investigations
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Corporate Crime & Investigations
2
Corporate Crime & Investigations
2
Band 2
Lawyers
Peter Burrell
1
Peter Burrell
1
Band 1
Rita Mitchell
5
Rita Mitchell
5
Band 5
Restructuring/Insolvency
1 Department
3 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Restructuring/Insolvency
4
Restructuring/Insolvency
4
Band 4
Lawyers
Graham Lane
3
Graham Lane
3
Band 3
Simon Baskerville
3
Simon Baskerville
3
Band 3
Edward Downer
U
Edward Downer
U
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Insurance: Non-contentious
1 Department
5 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Insurance: Non-contentious
1
Insurance: Non-contentious
1
Band 1
Lawyers
Andrew Tromans
2
Andrew Tromans
2
Band 2
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