Willkie’s all-women core restructuring team was profiled by The American Lawyer for its trailblazing success guiding the chapter 11 case of Saks Global Enterprises LLC, the largest multi-brand luxury retailer in the world.  The all-women core team led by Debra Sinclair, U.S. Co-Chair...

Willkie and co-counsel Morris Nichols were recognized with a “Shout-Out” in The AmLaw Litigation Daily for securing a precedent-setting dismissal for MEPUS Holdings, a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., in a suit in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Petitioner PXP Producing Company (PXP)...

Willkie, together with Morris Nichols, successfully represented MEPUS Holdings, a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., in a suit in the Delaware Court of Chancery seeking to nullify the certificate of cancellation of MitEnergy Upstream LLC, a former Mitsui subsidiary and dissolved Delaware...

Willkie lawyers across the Firm’s platform in Germany have again been recognized as market leaders in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in Germany.   Forty-two attorneys across Willkie’s Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich offices received “Best Lawyer” recognitions in a wide array of practice...

Willkie has been recognized as a leading law firm in Chambers Crisis & Risk Management 2026, a guide to the top crisis response and risk advisory professional services providers in key markets worldwide. Willkie’s Crisis Management practice is one of just 25 to earn a USA – Nationwide...

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...