据知情人士透露，原定接任韦莱律师事务所（Weil, Gotshal & Manges）领导职务的合伙人已与竞争对手举行会谈，拟跳槽离职，此举将加剧这家华尔街顶级交易与重组律所持续的人才流失。
The partner set to take over leadership of Weil, Gotshal & Manges has held talks to leave the firm for a rival, a move that would compound ongoing talent drain at one of Wall Street’s top dealmaking and restructuring shops.
知情人士称，韦莱联席管理合伙人拉莫娜·尼（Ramona Nee）已与辛普森·萨切尔律师事务所（Simpson Thacher & Bartlett）举行过会谈。尼是包括Advent在内的多家大型私募股权公司的顾问，原定于1月接任韦莱唯一主席一职。
Ramona Nee, Weil’s co-managing partner, has had discussions to join Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, according to people familiar with the matter. Nee, an adviser to big private equity firms including Advent, was slated to take over as Weil’s sole chair in January.
韦莱拒绝置评。尼未回复置评请求。知情人士称，她的离职尚未最终确定，会谈仍可能破裂。
Weil declined to comment. Nee did not return a request for comment. Her departure is not guaranteed and the talks could fall apart, the people said.
如果她确实离职，将继韦莱大批核心人才出走以及与同城竞争对手Willkie Farr & Gallagher的合并谈判破裂之后，再添一笔。带头大哥级人物迈克尔·艾洛（Michael Aiello）率领一个合伙人团队跳槽至Cravath, Swaine & Moore。据一位熟悉情况且与韦莱波士顿办公室多位顶尖律师交好的知情人士透露，韦莱波士顿办公室相当大比例的合伙人极有可能随她一同离职。
If she does leave, she would follow a flood of Weil’s top talent out the door and the breakdown of merger talks with crosstown rival Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Rainmaker Michael Aiello defected to Cravath, Swaine & Moore with a team of partners. It would be likely that a sizable portion of Weil’s Boston partnership would leave with her, according to one person familiar with the matter who is close with many of Weil’s top Boston lawyers.
据一位知情沟通情况的人士称，尼已告知韦莱合伙人，她不会接受主席一职，该职位于去年春天对外宣布。《金融时报》较早前曾报道这一决定。
Nee had told Weil partners she would not take the chair job, which was announced last spring, according to a person briefed on the communication. The Financial Times earlier reported that decision.
留任及已离职的韦莱律师将艾洛的离职——以及尼可能的离职——归咎于执行合伙人巴里·沃尔夫（Barry Wolf）。沃尔夫掌舵该所十余年，虽取得一定成绩，但近年未能说服资深合伙人，韦莱在人工智能与超高薪酬包颠覆高端法律咨询感知价值的世界里，拥有一个清晰愿景。
Remaining and former Weil lawyers place blame on Aiello’s departure — and Nee’s possible departure — at the feet of executive partner Barry Wolf, who has helmed the firm to some success for more than a decade but in recent years has failed to convince senior partners that Weil has a vision for a world where AI and outsize pay packages upend the perceived usefulness of high-end legal advice.
据一位了解艾洛想法的人士称，艾洛离职部分原因在于，包括沃尔夫在内的韦莱高层未能为该所勾勒出令人信服的长远愿景。
Aiello’s departure came as a result, in part, because top Weil leaders including Wolf failed to lay out a convincing long-term vision for the firm, according to a person familiar with his thinking.