Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Co-Head of Weil’s U.S. Private Equity practice

Christopher Machera is Co-Head of Weil’s market-leading U.S. Private Equity practice, and is based in the New York office.  Chris started at Weil in 2005 and went to work for the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs before returning to Weil in 2016.  He has for his entire career focused exclusively on private equity transactions.  In addition to the myriad other accolades he has received, Chris has been ranked in Chambers USA and Chambers Global in private equity for every year since 2019, where clients have noted that he is “responsive, smart and a very good person” and “has the unique ability to both remain very involved in the details yet provide excellent high-level and overarching guidance and advice to his clients.”

Hamilton College (B.A., 2000); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 2005).