Weil, Gotshal & Manges 的领导层正在寻找一条稳定律所的道路，而该律所的前景正日益扑朔迷离。
Weil, Gotshal & Manges leaders are searching for a path to stabilize the law firm, whose future is growing more uncertain by the day.
知情人士透露，该律所的管理委员会周日全天不间断开会，讨论律所未来，并于周一恢复会谈。随着多名委员跳槽至竞争对手，该委员会的人员编制已有所缩减。
The firm’s management committee met uninterrupted for all of Sunday to discuss the firm’s future, and renewed talks on Monday, people familiar with the matter said. The committee’s ranks have already been reduced as several of its members are leaving for rivals.
其他知情人士称，Weil 领导团队的一名成员最近联系了另一家律所的重组法律顾问，寻求指导，以应对事态继续恶化时的选项。另一位知情人士表示，Davis Polk 在上周破裂的合并谈判中代表 Weil Gotshal，并继续为该律所提供建议，但该人士拒绝就具体建议内容置评。
A member of Weil’s leadership team recently reached out to restructuring counsel at another firm seeking guidance on options should the situation continue to deteriorate, other people familiar with the matter said. Davis Polk represented Weil Gotshal in merger talks that fell through last week and is continuing to advise the firm, said another person familiar with the matter who declined to comment specifically on what.
合并谈判失败后，内部对律所生存的担忧加剧。消息还传出，至少还有四名顶级合伙人将跳槽至竞争对手，且该律所原定接任的领导人不再打算履新。
Internal anxiety about the firm’s survival intensified after the merger talks failed. News also broke that at least four additional top partners are departing for rival firms and the firm’s would-be incoming leader no longer plans to take the role.
据知情人士透露，律所多个业务部门的合伙人正疯狂向竞争对手投递简历，包括 Sidley Austin、White & Case 和 Simpson Thacher。
Partners in several different practice groups around the firm are frantically sending résumés to rival firms, including Sidley Austin, White & Case, and Simpson Thacher, according to people familiar with the matter.
关于该律所两位创收最高的领导人的去向，疑问也随之增多，他们正受到竞争对手的猛烈挖角。业内人士表示，如果两人双双离职并带走各自业务团队的成员，可能会给该律所造成毁灭性打击。
Questions also mounted about the future of two of the top revenue-generating firm leaders, who are being heavily courted by rivals. If both depart and bring with them members of their practice groups, it could deal a potentially decisive blow to the firm, people in the industry say.
知情人士称，Weil 重组业务全球主席 Matt Barr 一直接到其他律所的电话，探讨他跳槽并带走几名核心律师的可能性。其他知情人士称，Barr 近几周曾告诉其合伙人，他没有离职计划。
Matt Barr, the global chair of Weil’s restructuring practice, has been getting calls from other firms about potentially leaving and bringing several of his top lawyers with him, people familiar with the matter said. Barr in recent weeks told his partners that he didn’t have plans to leave, other people say.
私募股权合伙人拉莫娜·尼（Ramona Nee）今年早些时候被选为该公司的领导，接替巴里·沃尔夫（Barry Wolf）。据知情人士透露，尼在九月份向公司表示她不会接受这一职位。尼目前没有立即离开的计划，但一些人表示，许多律所已表达了招募她和她团队的兴趣。《金融时报》早前报道了尼的辞职决定，但未透露时间。
Private-equity partner Ramona Nee, who was elected as the firm’s leader earlier this year to succeed Barry Wolf, told the firm in September she wouldn’t take the role, according to people familiar with the matter. Nee doesn’t have immediate plans to leave but many firms have expressed interest in recruiting her and her team, some of the people said. The Financial Times earlier reported Nee’s decision to step down but not the timing.
上个月，《华尔街日报》报道称，迈克尔·艾略（Michael Aiello）——曾领导韦尔（Weil）600多人以上的公司业务——将与其他专注于并购的合伙人一起加入克拉瓦斯（Cravath），这对该律所的未来构成重大打击。
Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Michael Aiello, who led Weil’s more than 600-person corporate practice, is set to join Cravath along with other M&A-focused partners, a major blow to the firm’s future.
韦尔成立于1931年，是在顶级律所中率先建立重组业务的先驱，曾主导历史上一些最大的破产案，包括雷曼兄弟（Lehman Brothers）、通用汽车（General Motors）和安然（Enron）。如今，这家以帮助公司度过破产而闻名的律所，如果无法遏制合伙人流失或找到合并伙伴，将面临日益加剧的财务压力。
Founded in 1931, Weil was a pioneer among elite firms in building a restructuring practice, leading some of the largest bankruptcies in history, including those of Lehman Brothers, General Motors and Enron. Now a firm that made its name shepherding companies through bankruptcy is facing mounting financial pressure itself if it can’t stem partner losses or find a merger partner.
根据《美国律师》数据，韦尔去年实现了21亿美元的收入，每位股本合伙人利润超过560万美元，这一转折对该律所而言异常戏剧。
It is an extraordinary turn of events for a firm that last year brought in $2.1 billion in revenue and over $5.6 million in profits per equity partner, according to American Lawyer data.
其负债之一是位于曼哈顿中央公园对面的通用汽车大楼（General Motors Building）的一处约38万平方英尺的租赁空间，CoStar Group称之如此。知情人士表示，韦尔最近一直在审查其租赁义务。
Among its liabilities: A lease for some 380,000 square feet at the General Motors Building across from Central Park in Manhattan, according to CoStar Group. One of the people familiar with the matter said that Weil has been examining its lease obligations in recent days.