The management of the American law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges, which has approximately 1,200 lawyers, recommended that the partners begin the process of liquidating the company. Founded in 1931, the company, known to accompany the bankruptcies of the Lehman brothers and Enron, as well as the deal to buy Activision Blizzard by Microsoft for 68.7 billion dollars, decided to close amid a massive influx of employees competing and a merger with Wilkie Farrer that failed this year.