Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Private Equity; Mergers & Acquisitions

Chris Welty is a partner in the Corporate Department of the Firm’s Hong Kong office. Chris represents public and private companies, private equity sponsors, and financial advisors in connection with corporate and transactional matters, including cross-border and multi-jurisdictional mergers and acquisitions, leveraged and managed buyouts, going private transactions, growth investments, consortium transactions, exits and joint ventures.

Chris Welty represents corporate clients and financial sponsors in a broad range of private equity and M&A transactions, including public and private acquisitions, leveraged and management buyouts, going-private transactions, joint ventures, minority investments and divestitures. He regularly advises clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions involving U.S. public companies, as well as cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Key clients that Mr. Welty has represented include BPEA EQT (formerly Baring Private Equity Asia), Hillhouse Capital, Oaktree Capital and TPG.

Admitted as an attorney in New York and a solicitor in Hong Kong.