Michael Francies
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| Michael Francies | |
 Michael Francies (2004)
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| Born | 14 October 1956  Tiberias, Israel |
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| Nationality |  British |
| Occupation | Solicitor |
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Michael Francies is a UK based solicitor who is currently the managing partner of the London office at U.S. firm, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.[1] In 2004 he won the Partner of the Year award at the Lawyer Awards.[2] He followed this by winning the Deal Lawyer of the Year award at the Legal Week awards in 2006.[3] Francies joined Weil Gotshal from Clifford Chance in 1998[4] and has since has been described as "the best UK corporate partner currently practising with a US firm.".[5] Francies has also been named as one of theLawyer.com's Hot 100[6] and as one of the World's ten best private equity lawyers by Expert Guides[7] and n April 2008 was named as one of the Times Online's Law 100 a list of "the most powerful and influential [people] within the law today".[8][9]
[edit] References
- ^ WGM http://weil.com/wgm/pages/Controller.jsp?z=l&sz=p&db=common/firmdir.ns5&d=29A1C1C97FA09895852566B30027ED98&v=0&f=London
- ^ The Lawyer http://www.thelawyer.com/lawyerawards/2004/cat_19.html
- ^ Legal Week http://www.legalweek.com/Articles/131918/Deal+Lawyer+of+the+Year+Winner+Mike+Francies,+Weil+Gotshal+.html
- ^ Kirkland http://www.kirkland.com/siteFiles/kirkexp/news/7449/PDF/Cash%20Cowboys.pdf
- ^ Legal Week http://www.legalweek.com/Navigation/36/Articles/1000091/Weil+Gotshal++Manges.html
- ^ The Lawyer http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-site/contact.cgi?action=detail&id=721&t=4
- ^ MPF Global http://www.mpfglobal.com/about/executive_committee.aspx
- ^ Times Online http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article3785478.ece
- ^ Time Online http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article3680775.ece
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