In this episode, we delve into the winding down of US-headquartered law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges.
The firm recommended at the end of October that its partners cease operations after several leading corporate and private equity practitioners left.
Managing IP’s editor Max Walters is joined in this episode by the publication’s senior reporter for the Americas, Sanjana Mishra, as well as Michael Rafalowich, editor of Managing IP’s sister publication Benchmark Litigation.
We discuss how the firm’s US-heavy IP practice tied into the wider firm, its growth and reduction over the years, and the ultimate impact the practice’s operations may have had on the collapse.
We also discuss what we know about the future destination of some of the firm’s IP practitioners and speculate on who may be circling in the hope of picking up talent.
Finally, we look at where IP talent was concentrated and whether those markets are ripe for expansion, as well as the types of firms that could capitalise.
