Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP's private equity team regularly advises on significant LBO transactions for private equity sponsors, as well as industrial, financial and family-owned groups. Practice head David Aknin brings extensive experience across restructurings, private equity and M&A transactions, including joint ventures. Emmanuelle Henry, Pierre-Alexandre Kahn and Jean Beauchataud act on a wide variety of corporate transactions, including domestic and cross-border M&A deals.
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- ‘David Aknin and Jean Beauchataud are the ones I work with. They are both extremely committed and involved in the cases. They manage to guide us very effectively through the complexities of legal matters.’
- ‘Alexandre Duguay is exceptional and we have worked with him since the creation of HLD.’
- ‘Extremely technically skilled, extremely committed to the cases, and capable of finding pragmatic solutions.’
- ‘A very complete team of very high quality with exceptional commitment.’
Key clients
- 3i
- Advent International
- Adagia Partners
- Alpha PE
- Antin Infrastructure
- Altamir
- Ardian
- Aleph Capital
- Astorg Partners
- Bain Capital
- Capza
- Caravelle
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Pierre-Alexandre Kahn
Practice head
David Aknin
Other key lawyers
Jean Beauchataud; Frédéric Cazals; Alexandre Duguay; Emmanuelle Henry; Guillaume Bonnard; Pierre-Alexandre Kahn; Jean-Baptiste Cornic