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.
- Top Ten Innovative Law Firm
Financial Times North America Innovative Lawyers Report 2019
- Bankruptcy Practice Group of the Year
Law360 2019 - Class Action Practice Group of the Year
Law360 2019 - Private Equity Practice Group of the Year
Law360 2019 - Real Estate Practice Group of the Year
Law360 2019 - Securitizations Practice Group of the Year
Law360 2019 - Litigation Department of the Year – Honorable Mention, General Litigation
The American Lawyer 2020
- Top 20 U.S. Trial Firm
Benchmark Litigation 2020 - Top Enforcement and Litigation Firm World Trademark Review 2020
- Recognized for Successful Restructurings in Nine Matters
Turnarounds & Workouts 2020
- Three Firm of the Year Honors
Managing Intellectual Property Americas Awards 2019
- Ranked Among the Top Firms Globally for Corporate Investigations
Global Investigation Review’s GIR 100 2015-2019 - Six Turnaround Awards
M&A Advisor 2019 - Loan of the Year and Restructuring of the Year
IFLR Europe Awards 2019
- Top Firm for Restructuring and Insolvency
Global Restructuring Review 2019
- M&A Deal of the Year
The Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2019
- Executive Partner Named Distinguished Leader
New York Law Journal 2019
- Executive Partner Named Outstanding Ally
Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards 2019
- Dealmaker of the Year The American Lawyer 2020
- Litigator of the Year The American Lawyer 2020
- John H. Pickering Achievement Award Recipient American Bar Association 2020
- Two Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients
New York Law Journal 2018-2019
- Seventeen Partners Named Trailblazers
The National Law Journal 2015-2019
- Three Partners Named MVPs
Law360 2019
- Four Partners Named Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers
Turnarounds & Workouts 2016-2019
- Three Partners Named Best Practitioner
Euromoney Americas Women in Business Law Awards 2019
- Partner Named Winning Litigator
The National Law Journal 2019
- Partner Named Winner of Women, Influence & Power in Law Award
Corporate Counsel 2019
- Partner Inducted into Hall of Fame and
Two Partners Named Attorneys of the
Year
Benchmark Litigation 2019
- Four Partners Named Litigators of the Week
The AmLaw Litigation Daily 2018-2019
- Four Partners Named Among Top Women Leaders Globally
IFLR1000 2018-2019
- Three Partners Recognized as Among
Top 250 Women in Litigation and Two Partners
Named Among Top 100 Trial Lawyers
Benchmark Litigation 2019
- Two Partners Recognized as Rising Stars
Law360 2019
- Three Partners Named Rising Stars
Euromoney Americas Awards 2019
- Four Partners Named Emerging Leaders
M&A Advisor 2019
- Three Partners Named to 40 & Under Hot List
Benchmark Litigation 2019
- Two Partners Named Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers
Turnarounds & Workouts 2019
- Eleven Partners Named IP Stars
Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars 2019
- Three Partners Recognized as Most Powerful Employment Attorneys
Human Resources Executive 2019
- Top Law Firm for Equality: 100% Rating in the Corporate Equality Index
Human Rights Campaign Foundation 2020
- Most Inclusive Firm for LGBT+ Lawyers
Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards 2019
- Best International Firm for Talent Management
Euromoney Americas Awards 2019
- Best International Firm for Diversity
Euromoney Americas Women in Business Law 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
- 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
- 41 practice area and 54 lawyer recommendations
Chambers Global 2020
- 33 practice area and 50 lawyer recommendations
Chambers Europe 2019
- 40 practice area and 104 lawyer recommendations
Chambers USA 2019
- 8 practice area and 65 lawyer recommendations
IFLR1000 United States 2020
- 5 practice area and 3 lawyer recommendations
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2020
- 49 practice area and 60 lawyer recommendations
Legal 500 United States 2019
- Advised on more than 100 $1 billion+ deals in the last 12 months
- Advised on more than 1,700 deals in the last five years totaling $3 trillion+
- Advises more than 300 private equity clients worldwide, including 8 out of the 10 largest global private equity funds and 72% of the top 50
PEI 300 2019 - 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
- Involved in 7 of the largest bankruptcies filed in the United States in 2019
- Chief debtors’ counsel in six of the seven largest U.S. bankruptcy filings in history
- Advised 83% of the technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area and approximately 50% of the companies overall on the 2018 Fortune 100 list
- Performed more than 1 million hours of pro bono service since 2005