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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, Chair of the Firm’s Global Leadership and Strategy Committee, 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, The Home Depot, 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 > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
(Hall of Fame)Leveraging its international network of offices, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP displays proficiency in the large-scale M&A space, where the firm’s client roster includes well-known public and private companies, primarily within the energy, tech, and food and beverage industries. The group is also well-equipped to advise on hostile takeover matters, shareholder activism, and matters stemming from action initiated by high-profile activist hedge funds. The leadership trio comprises Michael Aiello, who is well-versed in complex cross-border M&A and divestitures involving public companies, Michael Lubowitz, who represents private equity sponsors in the acquisition and disposition of public companies, and Matthew Gilroy, a go-to for acquirors, targets, and investment banks seeking assistance with complex M&A and compliance issues. Sachin Kohli, Eoghan Keenan, and Amanda Fenster are all experienced in corporate governance considerations, defensive measures, and disclosure issues related to M&A. All named individuals are based in New York.
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
(Hall of Fame)Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP handles the full spectrum of transactional issues relating to global telecoms including M&A, cross-border transactions, IPOs and debt and equity offerings. The team is based in New York and is headed up by corporate specialist Michael Aiello who has extensive experience advising high-profile clients on complex M&A within the telecoms sector. Brian Gingold and Luke Laumann represent clients in M&A, joint ventures and investments; Gingold works with clients in the industrial, TMT, business services, consumer and healthcare industries while Laumann has expertise in infrastructure-related transactions. Arnie Fridhandler specializes in buyouts, investments, joint ventures and M&A cases, as well as in corporate governance and strategic matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Hall of Fame 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
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- 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: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- 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: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- 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)
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense