Willkie is representing NÜRNBERGER Versicherung, a leading German insurance company, in a merger agreement with Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe (VIG), in which VIG has committed to making a voluntary public acquisition offer to all NÜRNBERGER shareholders and intends...

Willkie represented Mousse Partners and Progeny 3 as leaders of an investor group in the recapitalization of Rockefeller Capital Management, a leading independent financial advisory services firm, at an enterprise valuation of over $6.6 billion. Rockefeller Capital Management recently...

Willkie represented an affiliate of Pearl Energy Investments in the formation and funding of Dragonfly Oil & Gas Partners, LLC, a new upstream oil and natural gas exploration and production company. Dragonfly recently announced that it was formed in June 2025 with equity commitments...

Craig C. Martin, Chairman, Americas at Willkie, has been elected Chair-Elect of the Board of Directors of Lyric Opera of Chicago. Craig, who will succeed Sylvia Neil, will formally assume the role of Board Chair at Lyric’s Annual Meeting on May 20, 2026. Craig joined the Lyric Board...

Andrew Copans, West Coast Co-Chair of Willkie’s Private Wealth Group, has been named to the “Top Estate and Wealth Management Lawyers 2025,” Daily Journal’s inaugural list of the leading trust, estate planning and probate lawyers in California. Andrew was recognized as one of the premier...

Informativ, a portfolio company of Capstreet and a provider of fraud prevention, compliance, and credit technology for the automotive and consumer finance industries, recently announced its acquisition of Carmatic, the intelligent Payments-as-a-Service platform built to deliver real-time,...

On October 16 at 2:45 pm (ET), Craig C. Martin, Chairman, Americas, will speak on the panel titled “Your Witness: Conducting a Killer Cross-Examination” as part of Trial by Jury 2025, hosted by Practising Law Institute in New York City. The panelists will provide techniques to conduct...

On October 28 at 9:55 am (ET), partner Chelsea Pizzola will participate in the panel titled “The View from Washington: CFTC and SEC Regulatory Developments” as part of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Annual Legal Forum 2025, hosted in New York City. The panelists...