
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Global
Lawyers

Jamie Maples
Full CV available on www.weil.com.
Marilyn French Shaw
Co-Managing Partner of the Boston office
Craig Adas
Managing Partner of Weil's Silicon Valley office
Michael Aiello
Chairman of the Corporate Department

Kathleen Aka
Kathleen Aka (formerly Kathleen Berkeley) is a partner in the Restructuring Department of the Firm’s Hong Kong office. She has nearly 20 years of experience advising both debtors and creditors in relation to contentious and non-contentious restructuring and insolvency matters in the Asia-Pacific region.
David Aknin
Partner
Joshua Amsel
Partner
Karen Ballack
Partner
Matt Barr
Co-Chair of Weil's Restructuring Department
John Barry
Head of Weil's Employment Litigation practice.

Jean Beauchataud
Partner
Noah Beck
Partner
Kimberly Blanchard
Partner
Devon Bodoh
Head of Weil's international and cross-border Tax practice
Michael Bond
Co-Head of Weil's Real Estate practice

James Bromley
Yehudah Buchweitz
Partner

Frédéric Cazals
Partner
Andrew Chizzik
Partner
Evert Christensen
Partner

James Clarke
Partner
Jackie Cohen
Partner
Andrew Colao
Co-Head of Weil's Banking & Finance practice and leader of the Private Equity Finance practice

Marco Compagnoni
Full CV available on www.weil.com.
Annemargaret Connolly
Head of Weil's Environmental practice
Shawn Cooley
Partner

Jean-Dominique Daudier De Cassini
Partner

Edouard De Lamy
Partner
Howard Dicker
Co-Head of Weil's Public Company Advisory Group
Daniel Dokos
Head of Weil's Global Finance Practice
Sarah Downie
Partner
Alexandre Duguay
Partner
Heather Emmel
Partner
Michael Epstein
Co-Head of Weil's Privacy and Cybersecurity practice

Romain Ferla
Partner

Barry Fishley
Full CV available on www.weil.com.

Stephen Fox
Full CV available on www.weil.com.

Michael Francies
Full CV available on www.weil.com.
Robert Frastai
Partner
Richard Frye
Partner
David Gail
Partner
Tobias Geerling
Partner
Stuart Goldring
Partner
Thomas Goslin
Counsel
Britta Grauke
Partner
Frederick Green
Partner
Gabriel Gregson
Partner
James Griffin
Partner

Gabriel Gross
Gabe Gross is a veteran first-chair trial lawyer and skilled courtroom advocate who represents leading life sciences and technology companies in their most important intellectual property and commercial disputes. A partner in the Bay Area offices and co-chair of Latham’s national Trial Advocacy training program, Gabe has won jury verdicts, summary judgments, arbitration awards, and appeals, defeating billions of dollars in patent infringement and licensing claims on behalf of his clients.
Gabe’s litigation practice focuses on intellectual property and other complex commercial disputes. He is deeply experienced in patent, trade secret, licensing, trademark, copyright, false advertising, and unfair competition disputes.
With a background in biotechnology, Gabe serves as lead trial counsel for innovative clients across the life sciences, medical device, high-tech, and consumer products industries.
He has represented clients in federal and state courts across the country, including in California, New York, Texas, Delaware, New Jersey, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, before the US International Trade Commission, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and US Customs and Border Protection, as well as in arbitrations domestically and abroad.
Gabe has tried cases to juries over patent infringement, copyright infringement, and contract disputes. He has tried cases to arbitrators over intellectual property licensing and other commercial disputes. Gabe also is a registered patent attorney with experience in inter partes review and other patent office proceedings.
Gabe’s pro bono practice includes representing clients in immigration and asylum matters, inmate civil rights cases, veterans’ benefits disputes, and unlawful detainer actions.
Gabe enjoys giving back to the community and for years has coached his local high school’s mock trial team and volunteered as a mock trial coach, judge, and Deposition Course instructor at Berkeley Law.
Speaking Engagements
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\tPanelist, “Trade Secrets Unlocked: State or Federal Court – Which Is Best for Your Case, and How Do You Win There?,” Latham & Watkins, June 24, 2020
\tPanelist, “Trade Secrets Unlocked: How In-House Lawyers Can Litigation to Win,” Latham & Watkins, January 30, 2020
\tPanelist, “Trade Secrets Unlocked: Managing Risk When On/Offboarding” Latham & Watkins, May 1, 2019

Ian Hamilton
Full CV available on www.weil.com.
Adam Hemlock
Partner

Emmanuelle Henry
Partner

Thomas Henry
Please see https://www.willkie.com/professionals/h/henry%20thomas%20j
Adé Heyliger
Partner

Jeff Homrig
Jeff Homrig is a seasoned first-chair trial lawyer who handles high-stakes intellectual property and commercial cases around the country for some of the world’s most innovative technology and life sciences companies. Resident in the Austin Office, he serves as Global Vice Chair of Latham’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice and leads our IP practice in Texas. He also has deep ties to the Bay Area, previously chaired the Silicon Valley and Bay Area Litigation & Trial Departments, and maintains an office in Silicon Valley.
Plaintiffs and defendants turn to Jeff for a wide range of issues, including patent, trade secret, and commercial matters. He counsels clients with pragmatic and practical advice to help them steer clear of problems when they can, and navigate them safely when they do arise.
Jeff has a demonstrated ability to translate complex technological issues into core themes that persuade juries. He regularly tries cases across the country, including in state and federal courts in California, Texas, Delaware, and before the International Trade Commission (ITC).
Academic and Public Service
Jeff is an adjunct lecturer at Berkeley Law, teaching the Patent Litigation II course. He co-authors the Federal Judicial Center’s definitive how-to guide for federal judges on patent litigation, which is now in its third edition.
He served as a deputy district attorney for Santa Clara County, trying numerous criminal cases to verdict.
Hillel Jacobson
Partner
Merritt Johnson
Partner

Jacky Kelly
Full CV available on www.weil.com.
Kyle Krpata
Co-Head of Weil's U.S. Private Equity practice
Brianne Kucerik
Co-Chair of Weil’s US antitrust practice
Sudip Kundu
Todd Larson
Partner

Mark Lawford
Full CV available on www.weil.com.
David Lender
Co-Chair of Weil’s global Litigation Department

Sandy Lin
Sandy Lin is a partner in the Corporate Department of the Firm’s Hong Kong office. Sandy’s practice is focused on complex cross-border transactions in the Asia-Pacific region, including mergers and acquisitions, cross-border joint ventures, emerging companies, venture capital financing, and energy project development.

Yujing Liu
Michael Lubowitz
Head of Weil's M&A practice

Simon Lyell
Full CV available on www.weil.com.

Alexander Lynch
Co-Head of Weil's Capital Markets practice
Christopher Machera
Co-Head of Weil’s U.S. Private Equity practice

Didier Malka
Partner
Jeff Malonson
Partner
Courtney Marcus
Co-Head of the Banking & Finance practice
Benjamin Marks
Head of Weil's Intellectual Property/Media practice
Andrew Morris
Partner
Matthew Morton
Partner
Ramona Nee
Co-Managing Partner of Weil, Co-Head of the Firm’s U.S. Private Equity practice and Co-Managing Partner of the Boston office
Vynessa Nemunaitis
Partner
John Neuwirth
Co-Chair of Weil’s global Litigation Department
Steven Newborn
Head of Weil’s global Antitrust/Competition practice.
Michael Nissan
Head of Weil's Private Equity Executive Compensation and Benefits practice
Frank Nocco
Head of Weil's Structured Finance/Derivatives practice
John O\'Loughlin
Partner
Bambo Obaro
Partner

Henry Ong
Henry is a partner in the Corporate department. Based in the Firm’s Hong Kong office, Henry has a longstanding track record advising on the full range of complex cross-border and Hong Kong M&A transactions and corporate matters.
Joseph Pari
Co-Chair of Weil's Tax Department
Jeffrey Perry
Co-Chair of Weil’s US antitrust practice
Mark Perry
Co-Head of Weil's Appellate Litigation practice

Yannick Piette
Partner
Lori Pines
Chief Wellness Officer, Partner

Graham Price
Graham Price is a counsel in Weil’s Banking & Finance practice and based in Hong Kong. Dually qualified in England & Wales and Hong Kong, Graham focuses on both finance and restructuring matters across the Asia-Pacific region. He represents private equity sponsors, private credit funds, major institutional lenders and asset managers on a wide range of finance transactions, including cross-border leveraged financings, restructurings, special situations, direct lending, margin loans, real estate finance and corporate facilities.
Alfredo Pérez
Managing Partner of Houston office

Tom Richards
Full CV available on www.weil.com.
Philip Rosen
Co-Head of Weil's Real Estate practice
Jeffrey Saferstein
Partner
Simon Saitowitz

Frédéric Salat-Baroux
Partner
Charan Sandhu
Head of Weil’s Technology & IP Transactions practice
Gerhard Schmidt
Partner
John Scribner
Partner

Ning-Ly Seng
Partner
David Singh
Co-Head of Weil’s national Complex Commercial Litigation practice
Jason Smith
Partner

Agathe Soilleux
Partner
Jonathon Soler
Co-Managing Partner of Weil and a partner in Weil’s U.S. Private Funds practice.
Edward Soto
Co-Head of Weil’s Complex Commercial Litigation practice and Managing Partner of Weil’s Miami office.
Stephanie Srulowitz
Partner
Robert Stern
Partner
Diane Sullivan
Partner
Kevin Sullivan
Co-Head of Weil's U.S. Private Equity practice and Co-Managing Partner of the Boston office
Christian Tappeiner
Partner
Zack Tripp
Co-Head of Weil’s national Appeals and Strategic Counseling practice
Theodore Tsekerides
Partner
Andrew Tulumello
Co-Head of Weil's national Complex Commercial Litigation practice
Douglas Urquhart
Doug Warner
Co-Head of Weil's global Private Equity practice

Chris Welty
Chris Welty is a partner in the Corporate Department of the Firm’s Hong Kong office. Chris represents public and private companies, private equity sponsors, and financial advisors in connection with corporate and transactional matters, including cross-border and multi-jurisdictional mergers and acquisitions, leveraged and managed buyouts, going private transactions, growth investments, consortium transactions, exits and joint ventures.
Paul Wessel
Co-Chair of Weil's Tax Department and Head of Weil's Executive Compensation & Benefits practice
Jeff White

Andrew Wilkinson
Full CV available on www.weil.com.
Ansgar Wimber
Partner
Barry Wolf
Weil's Executive Partner and Chair of the Management Committee

Jonathan Wood
Full CV available on www.weil.com.
Andrew Yoon
Partner

Jie Yuan
Jie Yuan is counsel in Weil’s Corporate Department and is based in Hong Kong. Jie advises private equity sponsors, corporates and pension funds on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including minority investments, growth equity investments and co-investments.
Caroline Zalka
Head of Weil's nationwide Securities Litigation practice

Minna Zhang
Minna Zhang is an associate in the Restructuring Department of the Firm’s Hong Kong office. She has experience advising on contentious and non-contentious restructuring and insolvency-related matters, acting for a wide range of stakeholders including debtors, creditors and insolvency practitioners. Minna has been involved in corporate insolvencies and restructuring transactions in Australia and Hong Kong, and has worked on cross-border transactions involving the PRC, the US and the Cayman Islands.