DLA Piper today announced that prominent lawyers Neal Aizenstein, Andrew Weil and Michael Legamaro have joined the firm in Chicago as partners. Aizenstein and Weil join the firm’s Corporate and Finance practice, while Legamaro joins the Tax practice. The team joins DLA Piper from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, where Aizenstein also served as Chicago office managing partner.
The team represents a variety of large and mid-size public and private companies, investment banking firms and financial institutions. Before joining Morgan Lewis, the team practiced together at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, where Aizenstein led that firm’s Chicago corporate practice and Weil served as national chair of its securities/public company group.
“Neal, Andrew and Michael bring well-established, sophisticated practices to DLA Piper that are ideally situated to benefit from our global platform,” said Roger Meltzer, global chair of DLA Piper’s Corporate and Finance practice. “Their extensive experience in complex transactions will also be a tremendous benefit to our clients in the US and abroad.”
“It’s unique for a corporate team of this quality to enjoy such a long and successful history of working together,” said David Mendelsohn, chair of DLA Piper’s Chicago Corporate and Finance practice. “We are pleased that this high-profile group has joined us in Chicago as we continue to build out our corporate and tax capabilities both in Chicago and globally.”
“Neal, Andrew and Michael are well known and respected leaders within the Chicago legal community,” explained Michael Poulos, co-managing partner of DLA Piper’s Chicago office. “Their arrival reinforces our continued commitment to attract the best lawyers to the Chicago office.”
Aizenstein, Weil and Legamaro are among more than 20 lawyers who have joined DLA Piper across the United States since January, including Wesley Nissen in Chicago, who arrived in March from Winston & Strawn LLP to head DLA Piper’s Financial Services group.
Also joining DLA Piper in Chicago in the Corporate and Finance and Tax practices are Matthew Sperry, of counsel, and associates Matthew McKim and Jonathan Disner. They arrive from Morgan Lewis as well.
About the Lawyers
Neal Aizenstein focuses his practice on the representation of purchasers, sellers and investors in both public and private acquisition and disposition transactions. He also counsels issuers and underwriters in public and private financings, including initial public offerings and Rule 144A offerings of both equity and debt securities. Aizenstein’s practice also includes general corporate and securities counseling, and advising board of directors and board committees in connection with day-to-day and extraordinary events.
Aizenstein received a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law and a B.S. in accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Andrew Weil brings more than 25 years of experience in complex corporate and securities matters where he closely advises companies and their boards, as well as investors, issuers and underwriters, among other parties. These matters have included mergers and acquisitions, public and private financings, going private transactions, restructurings, joint ventures and partnerships, securities regulations, private equity and venture capital transactions, fund formation, commercial transactions and general corporate and securities counseling. He also counsels clients on cross-border transactions, as well as real estate and REIT-related transactions.
Weil received a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law and a B.A. with honors from Northwestern University.
Michael Legamaro concentrates his practice on a range of tax and business planning matters, principally for private clients, assisting ultra-high net worth multi-jurisdictional families, foreign and domestic private banking, fiduciary and investment management institutions and managers, public and private foreign and domestic corporations, partnerships, and REITs with all manner of mergers and acquisitions planning, domestic and international tax and business planning, and foreign and domestic estate planning, usually to provide an integrated global solution across multiple jurisdictions. With a partner from our office in Hong Kong, Michael co-chairs the Global Private Practice group at DLA Piper, coordinating the activities of private client lawyers across the firm globally.
Legamaro received a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law and an A.B. summa cum laude from Washington University.
(Press Release by DLA Piper)
