New York, NY (August 3, 2026) – Willkie today announced that prominent litigators Grant Schmidt and Andrew Bean have joined the Firm as partners in the Dallas office. Their addition extends Willkie’s global litigation team to Texas and deepens the commercial litigation and trial capabilities...

Willkie is advising American Family Insurance on its approximately $1.2 billion acquisition of Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BOW), a growing specialty insurance business providing casualty, professional liability and healthcare liability insurance products.   On August 3, American...

Willkie partner Allyson Smith has been named to Global Restructuring Review's 2026 "40 under 40," a list of the top cross-border restructuring and insolvency practitioners worldwide who are under the age of 40.   Allyson was recognized as one of the leading restructuring lawyers of her...

Three Willkie partners have been named to IP Stars 2026 by Managing IP, an annual guide to the nation’s leading intellectual property practitioners.   The following Willkie lawyers were recognized among the foremost patent litigators nationwide as well as in their respective jurisdictions: ...

Willkie advised Insight Partners as lead investor in a $50 million Series C funding round for Inforcer Ltd., a unified Microsoft security and AI management platform built for Managed Service Providers.   On July 30, Inforcer announced that it raised $50 million in Series C financing led...

Ten Willkie partners have been recognized in Lexology Index: Competition 2026, an annual guide to the top competition practitioners worldwide. The following lawyers were recognized among the foremost in antitrust and competition law: Boris Bronfentrinker, Global Chair of the Competition...

Partners Susan Rabinowitz, Eddie Best and Don Macbean, members of Willkie’s cross-practice capital markets and energy & utilities teams, have published an article, “Pre-Capitalized Securities: An Evolving Capital Markets Solution.” Capital markets participants increasingly seek financing...

Willkie advised Apex Infusion, a leading omnichannel infusion services provider and portfolio company of FFL Partners, on its partnership with SkyKnight Capital, L.P.  Apex recently announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to partner with SkyKnight Capital for its next chapter...

Willkie has earned eight No. 1 rankings and multiple top-five rankings in the Octus and 9Fin EMEA restructuring league tables for the first half of 2026, continuing the Firm's strong first-quarter results and underscoring its achievements as a leading international restructuring practice.   Octus...