Weil counts a varied range of large-cap private equity sponsors, emerging investors, as well as pension and sovereign funds in its client roster and regularly acts as lead counsel on transactions ranging from high-value leveraged buyouts and take-private acquisitions to minority investments and growth capital series financings. In New York, Christopher Machera maintains close relationships with leading investors such as Blackstone and Goldman Sachs, while Doug Warner handles high-value leveraged buyouts and minority investments especially for funds active in the infrastructure and tech sectors. Machera and Warner co-lead the team with Kyle Krpata, a strategic and private equity M&A expert based in Silicon Valley, and Ramona Nee, who advises on leveraged buyouts and growth investments from the Boston office. Fund mergers are a particular area of focus for New York-based lawyers Brian Parness and Harvey Eisenberg, who recently led on TPG’s $3.4bn acquisition of Angelo Gordon. Silicon Valley lawyer Jenna McBain is a key contact for funds seeking to invest in infrastructure and real assets.
Testimonials
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‘The Private Equity team, as well as all other practice areas needed to get a deal done (leveraged finance, executive compensation, antitrust, regulatory, etc.), are all at the top of their game and give commercial, pragmatic and timely advice in an integrated manner.’
‘Tim Burns punches above his weight. He understands the business rationale and has a very commercial mindset.’
Key clients
- Advent International
- American Securities
- Antin Infrastructure Partners
- Aterian Investment Partners
- Apollo
- Ardian
- Avista Capital Partners
- BCI
- Blackstone
- Blue Star Innovation Partners
- Brookfield
- Coatue
- Cornell Capital
- CPP Investments
- CVC
- Deep Lake Capital
- EQT
- Genstar Capital
- GHK Capital Partners
- Goldman Sachs & Co.
- The Gores Group
- Greater Sum Ventures
- J.C. Flowers & Co.
- Kainos Captial
- KSL Capital Partners
- Lee Equity Partners
- Linden Capital
- Motive Partners
- Nexa Equity
- Oak Hill Capital
- OMERS
- Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
- PAI Partners
- Pacific Avenue
- Permira Advisers
- Providence Equity Partners
- PSG
- PSP Investments
- Searchlight Capital
- Softbank Vision Fund
- Susquehanna Growth Equity
- TCV
- Thomas H. Lee Partners
- Thompson Street Capital Partners
- Tidemark Capital
- TPG
- Trive Capital
- TruArc Partners
Work highlights
- Advised Advent International on its acquisition of Maxar Technologies Inc. at an enterprise value of approximately $6.4bn.
- Advised Blackstone on its $5.2bn sale of Vivint, Inc. to NRG Energy.
- Advised TPG on its up to $3.4 billion acquisition of Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P., in a transaction that includes an earn-out payment based on Angelo Gordon’s future financial performance of up to $400m.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Doug Warner, Kyle Krpata, Christopher Machera, Ramona Nee