Private Equity
Europe Guide 2024 : Europe-wide
Band 3
Email address
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(020) 7903 1000Chambers Review
Weil, Gotshal & Manges has market-leading teams in London and Paris, with a further strong presence in Germany. The law firm acts for traditional private equity firms and other institutional investors on transactions that touch on multiple European jurisdictions. It frequently handles multi-jurisdictional transactions both for high-end and venture capital investment funds, assisting with LBOs and take-private matters. Weil Gotshal's further activity includes advising US private equity and Canadian pension funds on European deals in the real estate, TMT and healthcare sectors.
Marco Compagnoni, global practice co-head, is based in London. David Aknin in Paris, Mike Francies in London and Gerhard Schmidt in Munich are also key contacts.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The Weil team are commercial by nature and by training. They are driven by the commercial considerations in a deal."
"They have great expertise, they are really good technically and have a fine understanding of the stakes for funds like us. We are very happy; they are very competent and it is one of the firms we work with the most."
"The Weil team are commercial by nature and by training. They are driven by the commercial considerations in a deal."
"They have great expertise, they are really good technically and have a fine understanding of the stakes for funds like us. We are very happy; they are very competent and it is one of the firms we work with the most."