Ms Annemargaret Connolly > Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Offices
2001 M STREET, NW, SUITE 600
WASHINGTON, DC 20036
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Ms Annemargaret Connolly
Position
Head of Weil’s Environmental practice
Career
Annemargaret Connolly heads Weil’s Environmental Practice, is a leader of Weil’s Climate Change Practice Group, and a member of the Firm’s hydraulic fracturing task force. She advises clients on a wide range of global environmental compliance and liability issues, most notably in the context of mergers & acquisitions, real estate transfers, financing transactions and infrastructure projects. She undertakes and oversees due diligence assessments, retains and works with consultants, engineers and other environmental professionals to quantify potential liabilities, and drafts and negotiates contract language to effectively allocate the risk of environmental liabilities between the parties.
Education
Syracuse University (B.A., 1984); Syracuse University (B.S., 1984); George Washington University Law School (J.D., 1988).
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Environment > Environment: transactional
(Hall of Fame)The Washington DC-based environmental transactions team at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is a key part of the firm’s wider corporate department and handles high-value transactions for high-profile clients in a range of sectors. The practice is led by Annemargaret Connolly
and is well versed in M&A, divestitures, financing and capital markets deals, with a focus on the real estate, manufacturing, chemicals and energy sectors. Connolly is experienced in a wide range of environmentally challenging transactions and specializes in sustainability, climate change and ESG matters, leaning on the firms international network for support on cross-border deals. Recently promoted partner John O’Loughlin acts for private equity firms, corporate clients and financial institutions on regulatory, environmental, and health and safety matters pertaining to transactions. Counsel Matthew Morton is also recommended, bringing strength to handling insurance matters and contractual issues. Counsel Thomas Goslin departed in March 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Environment: transactional United States > Environment
- Hall of Fame United States > Environment > Environment: transactional
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Tax > Financial products
- Tax > International tax
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense