Willkie advised Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming, a leading pet grooming and specialty retail franchise and a portfolio company of Garnett Station Partners, on an investment from Great Hill Partners.  Founded in 2007, Woof Gang operates a national franchise network across 36 states that provides...

Alex Weingarten, Managing Partner of Willkie’s Los Angeles office, has been profiled by The Recorder as a finalist for “Office Managing Partner of the Year” at the 2026 California Legal Awards.  In a Q&A, Alex, who launched Willkie’s Los Angeles office in 2021 and has grown it into a...

Willkie is advising Churchill Capital Corp XI (NASDAQ: CCXI), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, on its $2.5 billion merger with Agility Robotics, Inc., a leading humanoid robotics and physical AI company. On June 24, Churchill Capital Corp XI and Agility Robotics...

Willkie is representing FTV Capital in the sale of its portfolio company Liberis, a leading global embedded finance platform, to Nordic Capital.    Nordic Capital recently announced that it agreed to acquire Liberis and will combine the business with Qred, one of Europe's foremost digital...

Michael S. Schachter, partner and Co-Chair of Willkie's White-Collar Defense Practice Group, has been honored by UJA-Federation of New York for his leadership in the law, service to the community and commitment to helping those in need. Mike was recognized for his professional excellence...

Willkie and co-counsel Manatt secured a precedent-setting award of legal fees and costs that Blake Lively incurred in defeating a defamation countersuit in her high-profile litigation with Justin Baldoni, Lively’s co-star and director of It Ends With Us.   On June 12, Judge Lewis Liman...

Willkie and co-counsel Manatt were recognized with a “Shout-Out” in The AmLaw Litigation Daily for securing a precedent-setting award of legal fees and costs that Blake Lively incurred in defeating a defamation countersuit in her high-profile litigation with Justin Baldoni, Lively’s co-star...

On July 2 at 4:15 PM (BST), partner Dharshini Prasad, London Chair of the International Arbitration Practice Group, will participate in "The GAR Live: Debate" as part of the GAR Live: Energy Disputes 2026 event hosted in London, UK.   The session features two teams arguing for or against...

Willkie is representing Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC, majority owner of LOGISTEC, a multi-purpose terminal operator and logistics service provider, in the sale of LOGISTEC’s marine terminal division to Enstructure, one of North America’s leading terminal and logistics companies. Blue...