Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP‘s practice handles parallel streams of litigation across several jurisdictions, spanning M&A, securities, derivative and class action litigation, internal investigations, and regulatory matters. The team represents clients before the Delaware courts, with extensive experience defending shareholder litigation triggered by SPAC transactions. Practice head John Neuwirth advises clients on national securities class and derivative actions, M&A litigation, and government investigations. Neuwirth secured a win for TripAdvisor in a fiduciary duty class action litigation. Fellow co-head Caroline Zalka specializes in bet-the-company litigations involving high-stakes transactions, green-washing allegations, cryptocurrency disruption, and price fixing. They are joined by Evert Christensen, who defends clients in M&A, securities, and stockholder class and derivative litigation, including representing Silicon Motion Technology Corporation in a securities fraud class action. All lawyers mentioned above are based in New York.
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- 'Specialist litigators focused solely on corporate and securities litigation. Given that specialty, the litigators are frequently involved with the deal team and lawyers ahead of litigation, which best positions clients in the event of challenges.'
- 'John Neuwirth is an absolute standout in and all respects, including as to judgement, work ethic, and effectiveness.'
- 'Evert Christensen is adept in Delaware corporate law knowledge and an extremely tenacious litigator.'
Key clients
- AMC Entertainment
- TripAdvisor
- Brookfield Asset Management
- Silicon Motion Technology Corp.
- Kroger
- Foundation Building Materials
- Apollo Global Management
- Agiliti
- Nexa Equity
- The Gores Group
- Dun & Bradstreet
- Mudrick Capital
Work highlights
Defended long-time client AMC Entertainment in fast-tracked stockholder litigation in Delaware Chancery Court arising from the planned overhaul of its capital structure.
Represented Tripadvisor and its directors and won a major victory in the Delaware Supreme Court, following a rarely granted interlocutory appeal, in a stockholder class action arising from two controlled companies’ decisions to redomesticate from Delaware to Nevada.
Secured a decisive win for Silicon Motion Technology Corporation and certain of its senior executives in a securities fraud class action stemming from a terminated acquisition in the S.D. Cal., which granted, with prejudice, the dismissal of all claims.
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Practice head
John Neuwirth; Caroline Zalka
Other key lawyers
Evert Christensen