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Weil Gotshal & Manges

http://www.weil.com

Weil Gotshal & Manges has built an international law firm committed to delivering sound judgment to their clients in their most challenging and important matters.

The world-class team of lawyers at Weil Gotshal are recognised by clients, the media, and professional commentators for the clarity, timeliness, and effectiveness of their counsel.

Weil Gotshal's one-firm approach ensures that they work effortlessly to handle the most complex Corporate, Litigation, Restructuring, and Tax matters, regardless of where their clients are located.

As a Diversity Works Board member within Scope, Weil Gotshal has increased the opportunity of disability equality. Weil Gotshal has supported the Leadership Recruitment programme for disabled graduates by providing assessors for the assessment centres and a location to hold the assessment centres. Weil also provides significant pro-bono legal services to Scope.

Weil Gotshal has become a highly visible leader among major law firms for its innovative diversity and pro-bono initiatives, which are the product of its comprehensive and long-term commitment which has ingrained these values into firm culture. Weil Gotshal's pro-bono efforts have earned the firm top recognition from organisations such as the Legal Aid Society of New York and the NAACP, and from international legal publications including Legal 500 Paris and The Lawyer. In its respected survey, The Lawyer recognized Weil Gotshal for important diversity achievements, ranking the firm 6th for "UK Top 10 Law Firms by Associate Diversity" and 5th in the Diversity League Table for "UK Top 10 Law Firms Ranked by Partner Diversity".

Our international pro-bono efforts have been instrumental in achieving equality for oppressed individuals in many countries around the world, including a focus on issues of asylum and immigration, children's rights and human rights.

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