Weil adds executive compensation & benefits partner Aimee M. Adler in New York

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announces that Aimee M. Adler has joined the firm as a partner in the Executive Compensation & Benefits practice, based in Weil’s New York office.

Weil executive partner Barry Wolf said: “Aimee is an excellent addition to our Executive Compensation & Benefits practice and will play a key role advising clients on their most significant transactional and restructuring matters. In particular, Aimee’s impressive background working in the private equity sector will be a tremendous asset to our clients.”

Paul Wessel, co-chair of Weil’s global Tax Department and Head of the firm’s Executive Compensation & Benefits practice, commented: “Aimee is a talented lawyer who brings a seasoned and sophisticated perspective to private equity executive compensation. She is well known and respected in the industry for consistently providing the very best client service, which makes her an outstanding fit with Weil’s culture.”

Aimee joins Weil from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where she was a partner. Her practice focuses on the tax, ERISA and securities law aspects of executive compensation arrangements and employee benefit plans. Her experience includes representing domestic and international public and private companies in a variety of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, spinoffs, initial public offerings and financial restructurings.

“I am honored to join Weil’s stellar Executive Compensation & Benefits team, and I look forward to working closely with my new colleagues across the firm’s market-leading transactional and restructuring practices,” Aimee commented.