Lehman Paid Weil Gotshal $45.9 Million in Four Months
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. paid its lead bankruptcy law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP $45.9 million in fees plus $1.1 million in expenses from Feb. 1 through May 31, 2010, according to a court filing today.
The New York-based firm, where partner Harvey Miller is the defunct firm’s top legal adviser, asked for $46.7 million plus expenses of $1.1 million for the period, and was paid almost all it requested. Miller billed Lehman at $990 an hour for 477.1 hours, or a total of $468,369.