Weil adds partner to New York office

Weil, Gotshal & Manges  has hired Christopher Machera as a partner in the firm's private equity practice, according to a statement from the firm.  

Machera, who will be based in New York, has extensive experience representing private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in various transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, minority investments, and general corporate governance matters. He began his career at Weil in 2005 as an associate, and in 2011 joined  Goldman Sachs  as vice president and associate general counsel. Most recently he was a partner at Greenberg Traurig  . 

Weil's private equity practice includes large, high profile private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, family offices and other equity financial investors.  

Weil Gotshal & Manges was founded in 1931 and has approximately 1,100 lawyers in offices in North America, Europe and Asia. The firm's four departments include corporate, litigation, business finance & restructuring, and tax, executive compensation & benefits.