Willkie won “Law Firm of the Year” at Private Equity Magazine’s Grands Prix, an award series recognizing the leaders of France’s private equity market.  Willkie’s private equity team in Paris was awarded top honors at the 21st annual Grands Prix ceremony for its leadership and accomplishments...

Willkie represented Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (“CIBC”) in its registered public offering of $1,000,000,000 4.723% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2029 and $1,000,000,000 5.051% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2032. On June 8, 2026, CIBC (NYSE: CM) announced it...

Willkie advised SpaceX founder Elon Musk in connection with certain matters relating to the $75 billion initial public offering of Class A common stock of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SPCX). This was the largest IPO in history.   The Willkie team was led by Private Wealth partner...

Willkie advised Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHCI), a leading asset manager, developer, and operator of mixed-use, transit-oriented properties and large-scale infrastructure developments in the Washington, D.C. region, on the formation of a joint venture with Jericho Energy...

Willkie lawyers earned multiple recognitions in the 2027 edition of the Best Lawyers guide for France, an annual guide to the top legal practitioners in the country.   Willkie lawyers in France received 24 “Best Lawyer” recognitions across a wide array of the Firm’s leading practice areas,...

Willkie recently represented Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch in its $900 million amended and restated first-out super-senior debtor-in-possession financing facility (the "A&R Senior DIP Facility") to Marelli North America, Inc. and its affiliates ("Marelli"), a leading global technology...

Willkie has been selected as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Trinseo PLC (OTCM: TSEOF), a specialty material solutions provider.   Trinseo recently commenced voluntary chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas to implement...

Five Willkie partners have been named to the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers, an annual list of the top practitioners across tax law, including corporate transactions, tax disputes and private wealth.  The Willkie honorees are: Guy Inbar (New York) (M&A, Tax Transactional,...