Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that it has expanded its private equity practice with the addition of a team of transactional lawyers. Christopher Machera has joined the firm as a partner in the Private Equity M&A Group within the Corporate Department, resident in New York. Timothy Burns (Private Equity M&A), Noah Beck (Tax), Amanda Rotkel (Executive Compensation), Andrew Lawson (Tax) and Dylan Hans (Private Equity M&A) will be joining the firm in the coming weeks.
“The Paul, Weiss private equity platform speaks for itself, and the response from our clients has been literally overwhelming since I arrived,” Machera said.
The team over the last few years has executed on hundreds of deals for dozens of private equity clients, including Blackstone, Brookfield, Citation Capital, Coatue, Cornell Capital, CVC Capital Partners, GHK Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, GrowthCurve Capital, KSL Capital Partners, Motive Partners, Point72, Providence Equity Partners, The Visualize Group, TPG, TruArc Partners, Warburg Pincus and others.
“This group is one of the most talented teams of private equity lawyers in the marketplace, and shares our commitment to lawyering excellence and client service,” said Scott A. Barshay, Chairman of Paul, Weiss. “Advising private equity clients in their most important transactions is one of our core missions, which makes this team a perfect fit.”
Paul, Weiss has been a leader in private equity for decades, having advised some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated alternative asset management firms from the industry’s earliest days. The firm’s Private Equity Group serves clients across a global platform, advising private equity sponsors across every aspect of their business.
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