What is Weil Gotshal in the Epstein files?

Weil Gotshal is a law firm named in a government record about Leon Black's trust and estate planning. The record says Black consulted Epstein and retained lawyers from Weil Gotshal and Paul Weiss to devise a solution involving a remainder trust.

Do the files show Weil Gotshal communicating directly with Epstein?

No direct correspondence appears in these records. The available profile reports no emails with Weil Gotshal in the sender or recipient fields.

What does the government record say Epstein did?

It says Epstein proposed that the trust's trustees prepare an accounting comparing income distributable to Black under the trust agreement with the amounts actually distributed. The record does not attribute that proposal to Weil Gotshal.

What is Weil Gotshal in the Epstein files?

Weil Gotshal is a law firm named in a government record about Leon Black's trust and estate planning. The record says Black consulted Epstein and retained lawyers from Weil Gotshal and Paul Weiss to devise a solution involving a remainder trust.

Do the files show Weil Gotshal communicating directly with Epstein?

No direct correspondence appears in these records. The available profile reports no emails with Weil Gotshal in the sender or recipient fields.

What does the government record say Epstein did?

It says Epstein proposed that the trust's trustees prepare an accounting comparing income distributable to Black under the trust agreement with the amounts actually distributed. The record does not attribute that proposal to Weil Gotshal.

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A government record says Leon Black retained trust and estate lawyers from Weil Gotshal and Paul Weiss, after consulting with Jeffrey Epstein, to devise a solution involving a remainder trust. The other mentions are largely firm-name listings in emails.

The most substantive reference is a government record describing Weil Gotshal lawyers as among the professionals Black retained for trust and estate advice after consulting Epstein. It does not identify the lawyers or establish what work the firm ultimately performed. The other eight records are emails, mostly containing lists of law firms; none show direct correspondence with Weil Gotshal.

Key Highlights

•A government record links Weil Gotshal lawyers to trust and estate advice retained by Leon Black after consultation with Epstein.
•The record describes Epstein as proposing an accounting related to the remainder trust; it does not say Weil Gotshal made that proposal.
•Eight of the nine mentions are emails, while one is a government record.

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Thacher Skadden Snyder Law Firm LLC (Leawood, KS) Steptoe & Johnson LLP Sullivan & Cromwell Thompson Cobum Troutman Sanders Wachtell Lipton Weil Gotshal WeissLaw LLP White and Williams Williams Dirks Dameron WilmerHale Zuckerman Spaeder COMPANIES 32BJ SEIU ACNB Corporation Acacia Communicatio

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