Mr Michael Aiello > Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 5TH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10153
NEW YORK
United States
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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)

Michael AielloWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Complemented by the firm’s dedicated technology and IP transactions practice, the telecoms and broadcast transactional team at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP draws on interdisciplinary expertise to advise clients involved in all aspects of the telecoms industry. The group advises telecoms companies and investors on M&A, spin-offs and restructurings, working closely with the firm’s M&A and private equity, banking and finance and capital markets teams. Michael Aiello heads the firm’s corporate department from New York, offering advice on high-value transactions to broadcasters, media companies and a range of other telecoms clients. Also based in New York, co-head of the US real assets practice Brian Gingold applies his corporate expertise, including experience in M&A, joint ventures, investments and recapitalizations, to the telecoms and broadcast sector.

United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)

(Hall of Fame)

Michael AielloWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Drawing on a network of attorneys specializing in tax, antitrust, IP, and real estate law, the team at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP combines firmwide expertise with core transactional capabilities to advise on all aspects of cross-border M&A. The firm has cultivated a strong network of offices across the US, enabling it to routinely assist major domestic and international corporations from across the tech, finance, and pharmaceutical sectors. Acting on behalf of an array of financial institutions, private equity firms, and boards of directors, the New York-based co-heads Michael Aiello and Michael Lubowitz are experienced handling all aspects of corporate governance matters, spin-offs, and hostile tender offer. Similarly based in NY, Matthew Gilroy routinely represents special committees and investment banks in multi-jurisdictional acquisitions. Frederick Green retired from the partnership in April 2023.