Mr Adé Heyliger > 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
United States
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Mr Adé Heyliger
Position
Partner
Career
Adé Heyliger is a partner in Weil’s Public Company Advisory Group and a member of the firm’s Sustainability and ESG Advisory Group, based in Washington, D.C. He regularly advises public and private companies on a full range of corporate governance, SEC reporting, compliance and general corporate and securities matters. In his practice, Adé routinely advises boards of directors and board committees on various governance matters, including internal investigations, leadership structures, self-assessments, independence determinations, executive compensation and succession planning, and ESG and sustainability matters. Prior to Weil, Adé served in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance.
Education
Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude), The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A. in Finance), University of Maryland (B.S. in Finance, cum laude).
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
(Leading lawyers)Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP houses a ‘top corporate governance practice’ that is equipped to handle a range of matters including ESG, day-to-day disclosure issues, executive compensation and board-level matters. Boards, committees, executive officers and investors turn to the team for its ability to assist on cross-border M&A and restructuring transactions with substantial securities law elements, seamlessly integrating the firm’s M&A, private equity, capital markets and restructuring teams to assist on matters. The practice is jointly steered by Lyuba Goltser and Howard Dicker. Goltser advises clients on the full range of high-stakes corporate governance, securities law and regulatory compliance issues, while Dicker specializes SEC accounting issues. Washington DC-based Adé Heyliger, described as a ‘top practitioner’, is a key port of call for public companies, corporate boards and foreign private issuers seeking advice on SEC disclosure and regulatory matters. Attorneys mentioned are based New York unless otherwise stated.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate governance United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
- Leading lawyers United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- 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
- Tax > International tax
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- 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
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- 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
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense