Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Firm Details: 

Chairmen:Thomas M Cerabino, Matthew A Feldman

London Managing Partner:Peter Burrell

Total number of lawyers:Approximately 1,200

Languages:English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish 

Firm Overview: 

Willkie provides leading-edge legal solutions on complex, business critical issues spanning markets and industries. From relatively modest beginnings in 1888 in New York with four lawyers, we now have a coast-to-coast U.S. presence and offices in major business centers throughout Europe. Willkie has continuously attracted some of the best legal minds in the world by fostering a collegial culture; cultivating an inclusive and diverse workplace; and seeking to inspire all employees to serve as stewards for each other, our clients and the broader community.

We deliver innovative, pragmatic and sophisticated legal services across approximately 45 practice areas through our international network of the best local market talent in 15 offices worldwide. In addition to the areas of corporate/M&A; private equity; business reorganization and restructuring; complex litigation; investigations and enforcement; antitrust and competition; asset management (including private funds, registered funds and regulatory and enforcement); and insurance, the firm’s approximately 1,200 attorneys collaborate to provide multidisciplinary advice across the areas of accounting litigation and enforcement; AI and emerging technologies; capital markets; class action litigation; commodities and derivatives; communications and media; corporate governance; crisis management; digital works; energy; entertainment, sports and media; environment, health and safety; environmental, social and governance (ESG); ERISA litigation; executive compensation and employee benefits; family office; finance; global trade and investment; intellectual property; international arbitration; IP, technology and commercial transactions; labor and employment; Latin America; M&A litigation; media and first amendment; privacy, cybersecurity and data strategy; private wealth; project finance and investment; real estate and real estate finance; securities litigation and enforcement; special committee; strategic motions and appeals; structured finance and derivatives; tax; white-collar defense; and a wide range of industries.

Willkie’s London office was established in 1988 and provides English and US legal advice to UK, US and international market-leading public and private companies, investors and financial institutions. The London office is fully integrated and works closely with Willkie’s offices in the US and Continental Europe on many complex international matters. Willkie’s core areas of practice in London are: Antitrust & Competition, Asset Management & Fund Formation, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Competition Litigation, Financial Services Regulatory, Insurance – Transactional & Regulatory, Investigations & Enforcement incl. sanctions, International Arbitration, Litigation, Privacy, Cybersecurity & Data Strategy, Private Equity and M&A, Restructuring and Tax.

Willkie offices: Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Milan, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, Paris, Rome, San Francisco and Washington

* Studio Legale Delfino e Associati, operating in Italy, is affiliated with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.