NEW YORK, May 12, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, one of the world’s leading law firms, acted as legal counsel to Vivendi Universal (Paris Bourse: EX; NYSE: V) on the merger of Vivendi Universal Entertainment and NBC, the completion of which was announced today.
The merger has created one of the world’s most profitable and fastest-growing media companies. The new company is 80-percent owned by General Electric, NBC’s parent company, with 20 percent held by Vivendi Universal.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is an international law firm of more than 1,100 attorneys, including approximately 300 partners. Weil Gotshal is headquartered in New York, with offices in Austin, Boston, Brussels, Budapest, Dallas, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Miami, Munich, Paris, Prague, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Warsaw and Washington, D.C.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Team
Partners: Akiko Mikumo (Corporate – New York); Jeffrey Nadler (Corporate – New York); Kimberly S. Blanchard (Tax – New York); Irwin H. Warren (Business and Securities Litigation – New York); Paul Dutka ((Business and Securities Litigation – New York); Mary Jean M. Potenzone (Benefits – New York); Steven A. Newborn (Antitrust -Washington, D.C.); Laura A. Wilkinson (Antitrust – Washington, D.C.); Annemargaret Connolly (Litigation/Regulatory – Washington D.C.); Charles E. Roh (Regulatory – Washington D.C.)
Of Counsel: Donald R. Whittaker (Corporate – New York); Steven M. Margolis (Tax – New York)
Associates: Carrie M. Anderson (Litigation/Regulatory – Washington. D.C.); Daniel K. Bae (Corporate – New York); David S. Thomas (Corporate – New York); David M. Glick (Corporate – New York); Alex S. Cohen (Corporate – New York); Anna M. Grant (Tax – New York); Kwesi A. Baiden (Corporate – New York); Christine L. Agnew (Tax – New York); Richard A. McCarthy (Corporate – Silicon Valley); Judah Schiller (Corporate – Silicon Valley)
