The group at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP advises on the wide range of matters, with specialisms spanning trade secret and restrictive covenant litigation, workplace investigations, transactional issues, discrimination claims and compliance counseling, as well as class and mass action litigation. John Barry heads the team in New York and has experience handling corporate and regulatory enforcement investigations and employment issues arising from transactions. Barry is also an expert in board and management counseling in such high-stakes situations as executive terminations, mass exoduses, trade secret theft, and harassment and discrimination claims. Rebecca Sivitz works between New York and Boston and leads on a number of high-profile transactions and restructurings. New York’s Celine Chan is a name to note and Boston-based Peter Mee is a seasoned litigator who works with private equity funds, corporates and others on restructurings and bankruptcies in particular.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Celine Chan is who you want running the day-to-day aspects of your large litigations. Organized, thorough, incredibly hardworking, and blessed with an absolute steel trap of a legal mind.’
Key clients
- Goldman Sachs
- Creative Planning
- Seegrid Corp
- CAPCO
- Kroger Company
- Advent International
- Boston Consulting Group
- Schindler Elevator
- OPE Inmar Investment Holdings LLC
- BAPS
- Sunoco
- Western Global Airlines
Work highlights
Representing The Kroger Company as lead employment and labor law counsel in connection with its $26b merger with Albertson’s, as well as in related merger enforcement litigation.
Representing a publicly traded manufacturer in connection with an independent investigation of alleged misconduct by the company’s CEO and certain other executives.
Representing global PE fund Advent International in defense of a $60m+ lawsuit commenced in Colorado federal court by the former CFO of a portfolio company.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Rebecca Sivitz
Practice head
John Barry
Other key lawyers
Rebecca Sivitz; Celine Chan; Peter Mee
