Meet Our Black Leaders
Adam B. Banks
Appeals and
Strategic Counseling
New York
Co-Chair, Weil’s Global Diversity Committee
Adam is a well-regarded oral advocate and appellate lawyer called upon by top global companies such as BTG Pactual, Lehman Brothers, Sanofi and Morgan Stanley to develop trial and appellate strategy and lead their appeals in courts around the United States. He has been recognized as a next-generation talent by many industry publications, including Euromoney and Legal 500, as well as by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
Adam also maintains an active pro bono practice, with an emphasis of late on representing death row inmates in pursuing post-conviction appeals and habeas petitions. He currently serves as Co-Chair of Weil’s global Diversity Committee, and was recognized for his leadership by the New York Law Journal.
Chantale Fiebig
Complex Commercial Litigation
Co-Managing Partner, Washington, D.C. Office
As Co-Managing Partner of our Washington, D.C. office, Chantale is building upon the office’s continued growth and recent strategic expansion. She is an accomplished trial lawyer who partners with sophisticated clients to navigate their most important legal disputes, whether they involve competitors, consumers, shareholders or their former business partners. Her recent work has tracked some of the most visible and consequential societal and business developments, from the opioid epidemic to Cambridge Analytica to alleged conspiracies in the financial industry.
Chantale has been recognized as a leading national litigator and trial lawyer, including by Corporate Counsel, The National Law Journal and The American Lawyer, and she served for years as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where she taught an advanced seminar on class action law and practice.
Barry Fishley
Technology & IP Transactions
London
Barry heads Weil’s London Technology & IP Transactions practice and leads the office’s data privacy efforts. He is an internationally recognized privacy and cybersecurity lawyer. Barry has extensive experience advising major international companies and private equity funds on a range of issues relating to technology, IP and data privacy, including within the context of ESG. His clients include Advent International, Bain Capital, Brookfield, Lone Star and Providence Strategic Growth Partners. Barry is lauded for his Technology & IP Transactions practice by Legal 500 UK for showing “cutting-edge knowledge and keen commercial sense.”
Barry is an active member of the City of London Law Society Data Committee and a sought-after speaker at industry conferences. He also has a deep and longstanding commitment to pro bono service.
Adé Heyliger
Public Company Advisory Group
Washington, D.C.
Co-Chair, Weil’s Global Diversity Committee
Adé is a highly sought-after securities and corporate governance lawyer who counsels public companies, corporate boards and foreign private issuers on SEC disclosure, corporate governance and compliance and shareholder activism matters.
Adé is lauded as a leading governance lawyer by the NACD, Chambers USA and Legal 500 US, and has been named among Savoy magazine’s “2022 Most Influential Black Lawyers.” He is a frequently invited speaker at the NACD, PLI, ABA and The Conference Board. Adé also serves as Co-Chair of Weil’s global Diversity Committee.
Trey Muldrow
Private Equity
New York
Trey is known for his private equity prowess and stellar reputation in the legal industry. Trey’s practice focuses on advising private equity firms, portfolio companies, sovereign wealth groups and private and public companies on market-leading transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, carve outs and other complex transactions. He regularly represents intermediaries, buyers and sellers in asset manager mergers and acquisitions and complex GP-led single and multi-asset transactions.
Trey is recognized among the “Most Influential Lawyers” by Savoy Magazine, as a “Highly Regarded” lawyer for Private Equity in the U.S. by IFLR1000 and has been recommended for M&A by Legal 500 US. Trey was identified by Crain’s New York Business in its inaugural class of “Notable Diverse Leaders in Law.” He was previously named “Private Practice Leader of the Year” by the Metropolitan Black Bar Association and listed among the “CUP Catalysts: Change Agents” in the area of law by the Council of Urban Professionals.
Bambo Obaro
Complex Commercial Litigation
Silicon Valley
Bambo is a California-based trial lawyer who has more than a decade of experience litigating complex commercial disputes in state and federal courts around the country, with a focus on leading trade secrets, class action and breach of contract litigation for a host of global Fortune 500 companies. He's been honored among the Daily Journal's "Top 40 Under 40" attorneys in California, and as a nationally recognized trade secrets lawyer by Legal 500 and Benchmark Litigation
Bambo’s public service includes leadership roles in the ABA Section of Litigation, the Federal Bar Association and the Ninth Circuit Judicial Council. He is also a member of the Firm’s Professional Development Committee, and dedicates a significant portion of his practice to our pro bono efforts.
Kristin Sanford
Antitrust
Washington, D.C.
Kristin focuses on mergers and acquisitions, government investigations and general antitrust counseling with experience across a wide range of industries, including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, hospitality and retail, among others. She was recognized in Lawdragon’s inaugural 500 X – The Next Generation list in 2024.
Kristin is a member of the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law, served as a Young Lawyer Representative for the Section’s Task Force on International Divergence of Dominance Standards, and has been a contributing editor to the ABA’s Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments.
Jannelle Marie Seales
Real Estate
New York
Jannelle is a rising star in Real Estate, focusing on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and restructurings for real estate-related companies. Over the last few years, Jannelle has advised MGM Resorts on nearly a dozen complex multi-billion dollar real estate transactions. She also regularly works with Amherst, Alliance Bernstein and Island Capital.
Jannelle is recommended for REITs by Legal 500 US. She was shortlisted as “Real Estate Lawyer of the Year” for Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards for 2022.
Sophie Smith
Private Funds
London
Sophie Smith has built a reputation as one of the emerging leaders in European private funds, being named among Europe’s 25 best up-and-coming private equity lawyers by Law.com in 2022 and a Legal Rising Star by Private Funds CFO in 2023. She was also named Next Generation Partner by Legal 500 in 2021.
Sophie is a partner in the Private Funds Group in Weil’s London office. Sophie specializes in primary fundraisings and advises managers on carried interest, co-investments and other incentive arrangements. In addition, Sophie has significant ESG expertise, as well as advising widely on credit funds, impact and growth investing.
Martin Weatherston-Wilson
Private Equity/M&A
London
Martin advises both private equity sponsors and corporates on a broad range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including buyouts, private M&A, takeovers, equity issues, management incentive programs, reorganizations and general corporate advisory matters.
Martin has represented clients on matters including acquisitions, disposals, takeovers/P2Ps, fundraises and block trades. He was most recently recognized as a 2024 Private Equity Rising Star by Law.com International.
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