Mr Doug Warner > Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 5TH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10153
NEW YORK
United States
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Position

Co-Head of Weil’s global Private Equity practice

Career

Douglas Warner is Co-head of Weil’s global Private Equity practice. Douglas represents private equity sponsors and other financial investors in connection with acquisitions, dispositions and financings. He also has extensive experience in leveraged buyouts and dispositions of both public and private U.S. and European companies as well as minority investments and infrastructure investments. Clients include American Securities, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; Centerbridge; CVC; EQT Partners; GI Partners, J.C. Flowers; Lee Equity; Oak Hill Capital; the Public Sector Pension Investment Board; Searchlight Capital and TPG.

Education

University of Puget Sound (B.A., 1981); Boston University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1986).

Lawyer Rankings

United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)

(Leading lawyers)

Doug WarnerWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

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.