Ed Gander > Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP
110 FETTER LANE
LONDON
EC4A 1AY
England
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Work Department

Investment funds: private funds, hedge funds.

Position

Full CV available on www.weil.com.

Career

Ed Gander is Head of Weil’s London Private Funds Group and Co-Head of Weil’s Global Private Funds Group. Ed has over twenty-five years of fundraising experience and, uniquely among legal funds practitioners, he was a founder and managing partner of his own private equity business, ViaNova Capital, between 2003 and 2006.  Ed’s experience includes raising private equity, infrastructure, real estate, credit and secondaries funds. Ed is co-Chair of Weil’s Global Pro Bono Group, comprising 1000+ Weil lawyers, providing over 60,000 pro bono hours each year to Weil clients in need.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds

Working with premier real estate fund manager clients, Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP leverages its considerable private funds group to routinely advise on flagship fundraisings. The team is headed up by Ed Gander, who boasts more than 25 years of fundraising experience. James Sargent regularly leads on some of the team’s most significant mandates, including multi-billion Euro fundraisings. James Bromley advises on new manager establishments, platform extensions, and GP-stake transactions, while Jacquelyn Volpe supports a litany of significant sponsors in the real estate, private equity, and infrastructure sectors. Stephen Fox is skilled at the structuring, marketing, and negotiation of real estate funds and GP-led secondaries and co-investments. Other key figures include Marc Schubert, who has deep experience regarding the financial regulatory implications of real estate fundraisings.

London > Investment fund formation and management > Private funds

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