Key facts
- Partners at Weil, Gotshal & Manges voted to wind the firm down, the primary report said.
- Legal Business reported the firmwide vote closed on November 10, 2026.
- Weil management recommended an orderly wind down in October 2026, per Legal Business.
- Legal Business reported a large number of partners left Weil for rivals before the vote.
Partners at Weil, Gotshal & Manges voted to wind the firm down, ending months of speculation about its future, according to the primary report. The firm had operated for almost a century.
Legal Business reported that the firmwide vote closed on November 10, 2026, and that management had recommended an "orderly wind down" of the business in October 2026. The same report said a large number of partners had left Weil for rival firms in the months before the vote.
The primary report gives no vote tally, no schedule for the wind-down and no comment from Weil management. It also does not name the firms that hired departing partners.