Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Capital markets, corporate, corporate governance, finance

Mr. Wechsler is a corporate partner and concentrates his practice in corporate finance and the US securities laws, representing issuers, underwriters and sponsors in a variety of financing transactions, including initial public offerings, private placements, high-yield debt offerings, and cross-border financings. Mr. Wechsler has represented an array of underwriters including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Clarksons Platou, Credit Suisse, Fearnley Securities, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, JP Morgan, KBW, Morgan Stanley, UBS, and Wells Fargo. In addition, he has acted for a number of issuers in connection with corporate governance matters and reporting under the US securities laws, including, among others, Extended Stay, Goldman Sachs BDC, Grindrod Shipping, Grupo Televisa, Humana, IDEXX, MasTec, Navios Maritime Holdings (and its related public companies), Perry Ellis, RedBall Acquisition Corp., Seritage, Spanish Broadcasting System, Tapestry (f/k/a Coach), and Viavi. Mr. Wechsler has worked on a number of cross-border transactions in Asia, Canada, Denmark, Europe, Greece, Mexico, Norway, Singapore, and South Africa.

Mr. Wechsler served as a staff attorney in the United States Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance from 1994 to 1997. He joined Fried Frank in 1998 and became a partner in 2007.

Mr. Wechsler is a member of the advisory board for Best Buddies New York.

Mr. Wechsler received his LLM from Georgetown University Law Center in 1994, his JD from St. Thomas University School of Law, in 1993 (Associate Editor, Law Review) and his BA from the University of Florida in 1990.