Mr David Aknin > Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Offices
2 RUE DE LA BAUME
75008 PARIS
France
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Mr David Aknin
Work Department
Corporate, M&A, Private Equity
Position
Partner
Career
David Aknin is a Corporate partner in the Paris office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. His practice involves a wide range of mergers and acquisitions-related matters both for public and private companies. He is singled out for his work representing private equity sponsors as well for his vast experience in large, complex, cross-border M&A transactions. He has also developed a renowned expertise in the area of business reorganisations, debt restructurings, debtor and creditors’ rights and financing transactions as well as in crisis management and corporate governance matters.
Languages
French, English
Memberships
Paris Bar
Education
Graduate of the University of Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne
Graduate of the University of Paris II-Panthéon Assas (Institut de Droit des Affaires, 1989)
Tax DESS from the University of Paris IX-Dauphine (1990)
Lawyer Rankings
France > Private equity: LBO
(Hall of Fame)Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP assists private equity sponsors, industrial and financial groups and family-owned groups with large-cap LBO transactions. The group is also well placed to advise clients on domestic and cross-border M&A, divestitures, build-ups, financings, and distressed M&A transactions. Infrastructure funds, insurance companies, and pension plans also look to the team for its expertise in the infrastructure segment. David Aknin
steers the practice; additional names to note include Jean Beauchataud, Frédéric Cazals, Alexandre Duguay, and Guillaume Bonnard, who focus on high-profile LBOs and M&A transactions.