Mr John Barry > Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP‘s practice is known for its capabilities representing clients in trade secrets and restrictive covenant arbitrations and litigations in both domestic and cross-jurisdictional contexts. Its workload includes high-value disputes arising from the departures of key employees, issues arising from breaches of contract, and related conspiracies. The team’s client list comprises various well-known names spanning a range of industries.  Labor and employment-focused attorney John Barry works from the New York hub alongside Celine Chan. Highly experienced commercial litigator Bambo Obaro is based in Silicon Valley, while key names to note in Boston include Peter Mee and Rebecca Sivitz, noted for their experience handling mission-critical restrictive covenant cases. David Lender is another key commercial litigator based at the New York office.

The group at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP advises on the wide range of matters, with specialisms spanning trade secret and restrictive covenant litigation, workplace investigations, transactional issues, discrimination claims and compliance counseling, as well as class and mass action litigation. John Barry heads the team in New York and has experience handling corporate and regulatory enforcement investigations and employment issues arising from transactions. Barry is also an expert in board and management counseling in such high-stakes situations as executive terminations, mass exoduses, trade secret theft, and harassment and discrimination claims. Rebecca Sivitz works between New York and Boston and leads on a number of high-profile transactions and restructurings. New York’s Celine Chan is a name to note and Boston-based Peter Mee is a seasoned litigator who works with private equity funds, corporates and others on restructurings and bankruptcies in particular.

The Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP employment group is well equipped to prosecute and defend restrictive covenants actions, investigate claims of misconduct against high-level executives and litigate discrimination and wage and hour class and collective actions. John Barry is responsible for leading the practice from the New York office and specializes in crisis and emergent situations arising from executive terminations, mass exoduses, theft of trade secrets and discrimination claims. In the New York office, Rebecca Sivitz is a key contact for corporates, private equity funds and their boards in sensitive employment investigations and litigation. Also based in New York, Celine Chan handles employment-related investigations and litigation involving allegations of discrimination and restrictive covenants.