Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP maintains a broad practice, covering tax issues relating to private equity and M&A, as well as insolvency and restructuring, structured financings, and private funds. Oliver Walker leads the team alongside Jenny Doak. Walker is active across restructurings and finance arrangements, with additional expertise in VAT and tax disputes. Doak is particularly active in the energy industry, but acts for a broad range of clients in structuring and M&A matters. Aron Joy evidences particular expertise in the private equity industry. Kevin Donegan specialises in employee incentives and remuneration, and Daniella Abel is a key figure within the team.
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Témoignages
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‘Deep oil and gas expertise including contentious.’
‘Jenny Doak - excellent team leader. Flexible and very hard-working.’
‘The team has a very practical and problem-solving approach, which is very valuable.’
‘Oliver Walker - very fast thinker, great strategical insights beyond the pure tax technical analysis’
'The whole Weil team are our "go to" legal firm for our most complex and high value legal matters. They have always exceeded expectations, are super responsive, and consequently have been our key legal advisors for over 20 years.'
- 'Oliver consistently delivers commercial and clear tax advice in a readily understandable manner, which is critical given the complexity of tax matters.'
Clients clés
- A&M Capital
- Administrators of VTB Capital Plc
- Ares Management
- AshGrove Capital
- Bain Capital
- Barclay Family
- Brookfield Asset Management
- CapMan
- Castleforge Partners
- Churchill Capital
Points forts
- Advised the Barclay Family on the sale of the Telegraph and The Spectator newspapers to Abu Dhabi-based RedbirdIMI.
- Acted as counsel to SAS AB, which voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 on July 5th 2022, to accelerate the implementation of its new business transformation plan “SAS Forward”.
- Advised the unsecured creditors of Cineworld in the tax aspects of the Cineworld restructuring.
Avocats
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Daniella Abel
Responsable de la pratique
Oliver Walker; Jenny Doak
Autres avocats clés
Aron Joy; Kevin Donegan; Daniella Abel; Stuart Pibworth