Ms Brianne Kucerik > Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP houses a ‘creative and innovative’ team that leverages its integrated transatlantic capabilities to act for some of the world’s leading corporates on a host of big-ticket competition mandates, including notable involvement in advising Microsoft on its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Maintaining its status as a destination practice, the team is able to handle DOJ and FTC processes for mergers and joint ventures, as well as international agency approvals, investigations, and litigation. Co-head Brianne Kucerik  is noted for her work on business-critical transactions across a wide range of industries, encompassing contentious investigations and global approvals. Assisting Kucerik are fellow co-heads Michael Moiseyev and Jeffrey Perry; Moiseyev is a former FTC Merger Division head and boasts deep experience in a range of sectors including tech and healthcare, while Perry, also a former FTC division head, focuses on securing clearance for contested deals. Elsewhere in the team, Jeff White represents clients complex, multi-national M&A transactions before state, federal and international competition authorities, and Megan Granger acts for clients across industries such as tech, pharma and medical devices. Both Carrie Mahan and Vadim Brusser  have departed the firm , while former global antitrust head Steven Newborn has retired.

Counting leading global tech giants, publishers, and pharma corporations among its impressive roster of clients, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP excels across all stages of litigation, with a strong track record of securing pre-trial victories as well as defeating class certifications. Former FTC litigation director Steven Newborn, merger review and clearance expert Brianne Kucerik, former FTC assistant director Jeffrey Perry, and Michael Moiseyev, who focuses on cross-border mandates, jointly oversee the ‘excellent’ practice; all four are based in Washington DC. New York’s Eric Hochstadt focuses on class actions and a broad range of other civil antitrust litigation, with a notable emphasis on sports-related cases. The ‘deeply experienced’ Adam Hemlock , also in New York, takes point on cartel matters, amnesty proceedings, and consumer class actions in the electronics and pharma industries.