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Mr Michael Aiello
Position
Chairman of the Corporate Department
Career
Michael J. Aiello is Chairman of the over 600-lawyer Corporate Department of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and a member of the Firm’s Management Committee. Michael regularly represents companies in connection with mergers, acquisitions and divestitures involving public companies. He also advises clients on corporate governance issues. Michael regularly represents acquirors, targets, buyout groups, boards of directors, special committees, investment banks, investors and shareholder groups in complex domestic and international negotiated and unsolicited merger and acquisition transactions, including Aéropostale, Dow Chemical, Goldman Sachs, Herbalife, Kroger, Ontario Teachers’, Procter & Gamble, Sanofi, Thomas H. Lee and Willis Group Holdings.
Education
New York University (B.A., 1991); Widener University (J.D., 1994).
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
(Leading lawyers)Operating from New York, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP works with international telecoms companies and investors in the industry on a diverse array of corporate transactions, leveraging the firm’s broader capabilities in M&A, private equity, capital markets, technology, and intellectual property to assist in a range of M&A, financings, licensing, debt and equity offerings, and restructurings across the industry. The firm has a proven track record in cross-border transactions, and the strength of the firm’s IP and technology offering is a particular boon for the team’s clients in the telecoms space. Michael Aiello takes the lead on the firm’s work in the telecoms space, working with some of the most high-profile investors in the telecoms space in their major deals in the sector. Frederick Green brings a similar broad transactional capability, advising clients on M&A, spin-offs, and joint ventures, while Brian Gingold brings a greater focus on representing private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in their transactions in the space.
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
(Hall of Fame)With M&A specialists in New York, Silicon Valley and Texas, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP excels in big-ticket transactions, acting on behalf of acquirers, targets, special committees, investment banks, investors and shareholder groups. The team is adept in both domestic and international negotiated and unsolicited transactions, but particularly stands out for its experience in hostile M&A, takeover defense and shareholder activism matters. SPAC and de-SPAC transactions are another strong point for the department, which is led from New York. Chairman Michael Aiello represents an array of public companies, private equity firms and financial institutions in high-stakes M&A and corporate governance matters. Michael Lubowitz – head of the M&A practice – has notable strength in hostile tender offers, spin-offs, strategic investments and restructurings, while co-chair of the transactions group Frederick Green focuses on business combinations, governance issues and fiduciary duties. Domestic and cross-border M&A across a broad range of industries are core areas of activity for Matthew Gilroy. Jackie Cohen is no longer at the firm.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Leading lawyers United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- M&A: large deals ($1bn+) United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
- Telecoms and broadcast: transactions United States > Media, technology and telecoms
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