Recent Accolades
Weil advises global clients on a broad range of high-profile matters. The Firm is consistently recognized by publications and data providers that cover the legal and financial industries for its success across practice areas and departments.
- Private Equity Deal of the Year
The Asia Legal Awards 2024
- Private Equity Deal of the Year
IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2024
- Three Practice Groups of the Year: Competition, Real Estate, Trial
Law360 2023
- Litigation Department of the Year: Class Actions
New York Law Journal 2023
- Appellate Hot List
The National Law Journal 2023 - Named to Global Elite List for Antitrust and Competition
Global Competition Review’s GCR 100 2024
- Ranked Among Top Firms for Cross-Border Restructuring and Insolvency
Global Restructuring Review’s GRR 30 2023
- Recognized for Eleven Successful Restructurings in 2023
Turnaround & Workouts 2024
- Top 20 U.S. Trial Firm
Benchmark Litigation 2023 - Copyright Firm of the Year
Managing Intellectual Property Americas Awards 2023
- Top Enforcement and Litigation Firm World Trademark Review 2023-2024
- Top Investigations Firm Global Investigations Review’s GIR100 2023
- Private Equity Firm of the Year China Law & Practice Awards 2023
- Loan Deal of the Year
IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2023 - Two Best Private Equity Deals
FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2023 - Seven Practice Areas Ranked Tier 1
International Tax Review's World Tax 2024 - Ranked as Top Tax Advisory Firm
International Tax Review 2023
- #1 M&A Legal Advisor in Deal Value for Q1-Q3
Mining.com 2023 - Most Innovative Law Firm – Enabling Business Resilience
Financial Times North America Innovative Lawyers 2022 - Most Innovative Law Firm – Using Data
Financial Times Europe Innovative Lawyers 2022
- Judge Joseph M. Proskauer Award UJA-Federation of New York’s Lawyers Division Awards 2024
- Fellow International Academy of Trial Lawyers 2024
- M&A Powerlist: United States The Legal 500 2024
- Intellectual Property Litigator of the Year Benchmark Litigation U.S. Awards 2024
- Partner Named Among America’s Top Lawyers Forbes 2024
- Leading Commercial Litigator Daily Journal 2024
- Dealmaker of the Year The American Lawyer 2023
- Dealmaker of the Year New York Law Journal 2023
- Two Partners Named MVPs Law360 2023
- Lifetime Achievement Award New York Law Journal 2023
- Three Partners Named Among Top 100 Trial Lawyers Benchmark Litigation 2024
- Managing Partner of the Year Corporate Counsel’s Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards 2023
- Thought Leadership Honoree Corporate Counsel’s Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards 2023
- Two Partners Named to the A-List China Law Business Journal 2023-2024
- Thirty-four Partners Named Trailblazers The National Law Journal 2015-2023
- Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer Turnarounds & Workouts 2023
- Two Partners Named Among Most Influential Lawyers Financial News 2023
- Two Partners Named Top Women In Dealmaking The Deal 2022-2023
- Two Partners Named Notable Women in Law Crain’s New York Business 2023
- Notable LGBTQIA+ Leader Crain’s New York Business 2023
- Two Partners Named Among Top 100 Lawyers Daily Journal 2023
- Thirteen Lawyers Named in World Tax Guide International Tax Review 2024
- Most Powerful and Influential Business Leader D CEO’s Dallas 500 2023
- Two Partners Named Top Women in Litigation Benchmark Litigation 2023
- Partner Named Among 20 Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers Private Equity News 2023
- Five Partners Named Among IAM Global Leaders IAM Global Leaders Guide 2023
- Ten Partners Recognized as Leading Tax Advisors International Tax Review 2023
- Ten Partners Named Among the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America Lawdragon 2024
- Nine Partners Named Among the 500 Leading Lawyers in America Lawdragon 2024
- Ten Partners Named Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers Lawdragon 2023
- Sixteen Partners Named Among the 500 Leading Litigators in America Lawdragon 2023
- Three Partners Named Best Lawyers D Magazine 2023
- Listed Among Best Law Firms to Work For
U.S. News & World Report 2024 - Global DEI Director Recognized as Top Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Crain’s New York Business 2021 - Awarded Mansfield Certification Plus for Promoting Diverse Talent
Diversity Lab 2022
- International Firm of the Year for Work-Life Balance and Firm of the Year for the Northeast Region
Euromoney Legal Media Group Americas Women in Business Law Awards 2020
- Equality 100 Award for Leaders in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion
Human Rights Campaign Foundation Corporate Equality Index 2023-2024
- Most Inclusive Firm for LGBT+ Lawyers
Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards 2019
- Best International Firm for Talent Management
Euromoney Americas Awards 2019
- Top 10 for Innovations in Diversity
Profiles in Diversity Journal 2018 - Leadership and Excellence in Inclusion and Diversity Award
Morgan Stanley Legal Compliance and Division 2016
- New York Law Firm Volunteer of the Year
Pro Bono Partnership 2024 - Senior Partner Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
9/11 Memorial & Museum 2022 - Pro Bono: Lawyer of the Year
Chambers Diversity & Inclusion: North America Awards 2022
- Ranked Among the Best Law Firms for Pro Bono in the U.K.
Law.com International 2022
- International Pro Bono Excellence Award
Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice 2019
- Pro Bono Publico Award
The Legal Aid Society 2019 - Changemaker Award
Center for Constitutional Rights 2018
- CSR Program of the Year
Legal Business Awards 2018
- Best International Firm for Pro Bono Work
Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards 2018
- Standout Recognition for Rule of Law and Access to Justice
Financial Times’ North America Innovative Lawyers Report 2017
- Pro Bono Leadership Award
Legal Services NYC 2017
- Innovation Award
Thomson Reuters TrustLaw Awards 2017
- Most Valuable Law Firm
International Refugee Assistance Project 2017
- Cornerstone Award for Distinguished Service
Lawyers Alliance for New York 2016
- Named to Pro Bono Hot List
National Law Journal 2016
- Guardian of Justice Award
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County 2016
- 42 practice area and 57 lawyer recommendations
Chambers Global 2024
- 12 practice area and 27 lawyer recommendations
Chambers United Kingdom 2024
- Weil Asia’s pillar practice areas and partners recommended
Chambers Asia-Pacific and Greater China 2024
- 18 practice area and 37 individual rankings
Chambers Europe 2024
- 61 practice area and 123 lawyer recommendations
Chambers USA 2023
- All of Weil Asia’s pillar practice areas and partners recommended
Chambers Greater China Guide and Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023
- 11 practice area and 64 lawyer recommendations
IFLR1000 United States 2023
- 16 practice area and 77 lawyer recommendations
The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2024
- 15 practice area and 34 lawyer recommendations
The Legal 500 EMEA 2024
- All of Weil Asia’s pillar practice areas and partners recommended
The Legal 500 Greater China 2024
- 49 practice area and 191 lawyer recommendations
The Legal 500 United States 2023
- 4 practice area and 5 lawyer recommendations
Benchmark Litigation 2023
- Weil Asia’s pillar practice areas and partners recommended
IFLR1000 Asia-Pacific 2023
- Advised on more than 100 $1 billion+ deals in the last 12 months
- Advised on more than 1,900 deals in the last five years totaling $3 trillion+
- Advises more than 300 private equity clients worldwide, including each of the 10 largest global private equity funds and 80% of the top 25 largest global private equity funds as ranked by PEI 300 2023
- More than a dozen partners have tried and won a case in the past two years
- Won more than 40 victories at all phases of the litigation process and in every practice area since 2018
- Chief debtors’ counsel in 6 of the 10 largest U.S. bankruptcy filings in history
- Advised 83% of the technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Performed more than 1 million hours of pro bono service since 2005