International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Michael Hickey has joined the Firm as a partner. He is part of Weil’s Capital Markets practice and is based in the Firm’s New York office.

We are thrilled that Michael is joining the Firm, said Weil Executive Partner Barry Wolf. His substantial leveraged finance capabilities will further strengthen our leading Capital Markets practice, which advises clients globally on all facets of acquisition financing transactions.

Michael is highly regarded within the leveraged finance market and will be a terrific addition to Weil, commented Michael Aiello, Chairman of Weil’s Corporate Department. He has both sophisticated leveraged finance experience and deep market knowledge and will be a great asset to Weil and our clients.

Mr. Hickey joins Weil from Goldman Sachs, where he was a Managing Director, Associate General Counsel and Head of the Leveraged Finance Legal Team. In this role, he managed legal, regulatory and reputational risk and provided commercial legal advice for a wide range of leveraged finance transactions. He also worked on a broad range of debt transactions involving M&A and other matters, and served on a variety of capital commitment and policy and practice related committees. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs in 2006, Mr. Hickey was an associate at Latham & Watkins LLP, where he worked on a wide range of capital markets and corporate transactions.

Mr. Hickey commented: I am excited to be joining Weil and look forward to contributing my expertise to the Firm’s top-notch capital markets platform and its work in the leveraged finance space.