Mr Jonathon Soler > Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Jonathon Soler
Position
Head of Weil’s U.S. Private Funds practice and Co-Head of Weil’s U.S. Private Equity practice
Career
Jonathon Soler is Head of Weil’s U.S. Private Funds practice and Co-Head of Weil’s U.S. Private Equity practice. Jonathon regularly represents sponsors of private investment funds in connection with the organization and operation of such funds as well as providing sophisticated advice regarding carried interest sharing and other economic and governance issues. He also has counseled investment firms in connection with the sale of significant minority interests in their businesses to institutional investors. In addition, Jonathon represents certain institutional investors in connection with their investments in a variety of private investment funds. Clients include 22C Capital, Altas Partners, American Securities, Brookfield, The Carlyle Group, Crow Holdings, Genstar Capital, Kainos Capital, Lindsay Goldberg, TPG and Trive Capital.
Education
Queens University School of Business (B.Com., Honours, 1995); Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 1998).
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
Based in New York, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP‘s private equity funds team is part of a global offering in the broader fund formation space. Spearheaded by Jonathon Soler, who draws on his experience of acting for private equity funds in the organization and operation of sponsor firms and their funds, the department is counsel of choice for large, well-established players, as well as emerging middle market names. Andrew Chizzik regularly assists both US and international funds with structuring and negotiating the terms of private investment funds of varying strategies. Stephanie Srulowitz is noted for counsel on interest sharing and other economic and governance issues, in addition to traditional fund matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Tax > Financial products
- Tax > International tax
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense