Weil’s Corporate Chair Packs Up With Team for Cravath in Major Lateral Shake-Up

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Michael Aiello, Weil Gotshal’s corporate chair, is leaving with a roughly half-dozen M&A partners to Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Weil frames Cravath as a smaller platform, while it pursues an aggressive growth strategy and has added numerous lateral partners, signaling a significant shift in internal power dynamics for Weil as Cravath touts culture and collaboration.
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