Mr Eric Hochstadt > Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Practitioners at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, who are described as ‘knowledgeable across the board‘, include Washington DC-based Andrew Tulumello, New York-based Yehudah Buchweitz and Eric Hochstadt. The trio run a group whose varied workload comprises litigation, contract negotiations, corporate transactions, restructurings, and financings, as well as litigation. Key clients for the team are major league athletes, and the group continues to represent Zion Williamson in the long-running dispute between the NBA star and his former agent. Other key clients are sports associations, who Tulumello regularly assists, and sports leagues, including recently representing the National Women’s Soccer League Players Association in a contentious matter.

The ‘diverse team of experts’ at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP produces ‘high quality work’. The firm represents multinational clients such as Visa and Hilton Hotels in several industry sectors including but not limited to pharma, food and agriculture. Recent work has included a variety of litigation including class actions, no poach labor matters, competitor cases and government enforcement actions. Based in Washington DC is practice head Steven Newborn. In New York is Eric Hochstadt, an expert in antitrust class action litigation and lawsuits between rivals and distributors, while Adam Hemlock often acts in cartel litigation and private antitrust litigation concerning bundling, group boycotts and exclusivity allegations. Brianne Kucerik in DC is noted, recently defending clients against allegations of monopolization and restraint of trade. Carrie Mahan at the DC office departed in June 2023.