Weil Gotshal, a Legal Power Player, Is Fighting to Survive (Gift Article)

Niche post but this story is so similar to how the firm I practiced at in my final days, Stroock Stroock & Lavan, collapsed a few years ago after more than a century in business. Late stage capitalism consumes everything in the end, until it doesn’t. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/b...

Haven't paid attention to this stuff in 15 years but holy shit! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/b...

!!!!!! Weil Gotshal, Once a Legal Powerhouse, Plans to Dissolve www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/b...

Quite remarkable....

Wow, that’s crazy. Weil, Gotschal to shut down. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/b...

Weil Gotshal, Once a Legal Powerhouse, Plans to Dissolve www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/b...

“For incoming associates, it was jarring entry into the world of Big Law: Many had started their jobs in recent weeks.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/b...

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… wut? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/b...

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Weil Gotshal Faces Dissolution After lawyer departures, a failed succession plan and a stalled merger, Weil Gotshal plans to dissolve. What might this mean for the firm’s future? Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/business/weil-gotshal-law-firm.html Photo credit: NYTimes

Wow

Believe me, this doesn't happen very often. 'white shoe' law firms simply do not go out of business. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/b...

“Weil Gotshal & Manges’s leadership team recommended…[it] wind down after nearly a century of advising many of America’s largest corporations. “…Weil said…the recommendation to dissolve followed a “careful review of alternatives” &…the firm’s partners would vote on the matter in the coming days.”

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**WEIL GOTSHAL, ONCE A LEGAL POWERHOUSE, PLANS TO DISSOLVE [NYT] 28 OCT 16:28 ET

Weil Gotshal, Once A Legal Powerhouse, Plans to Dissolve The prominent law firm has been rocked by an exodus of high profile lawyers, a failed succession plan and a scuttled deal to merge with a rival firm.