Brian Parness

Partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Speaker

Brian has broad experience counseling alternative investment management firms on transactions and other matters of strategic importance and is a frequent author and speaker on topics affecting the private equity and alternative asset management industry.

Brian was recently named a 2024 “Rising Star” for Private Equity by Law360 and is included in Lawdragon's “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” and the 2024 “Next Generation” lists. He has been recommended for M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts by Legal 500 US, recognized as a “Notable Practitioner” for Private Equity in the U.S. by IFLR1000 and was named to the 2021 “40 Under 40: Future Leaders of Private Equity” list by Private Equity International, where he was only one of just four honorees from leading law firms recognized. Brian was also named a 2022 “Emerging Leader” by The M&A Advisor and a 2022 “Rising Star” for M&A by Expert Guides. Brian was named a 2020 Secondaries “Next Generation Leader” by Secondaries Investor, where clients note he is “…a star and would not consider a transaction without him as counsel.”

Prior to joining Weil, Brian spent over six years at Goldman Sachs where he was responsible for executing strategic M&A on behalf of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and advised multiple business units (Secondaries, GP-stakes and growth equity) on investing activities and private fund matters.