ERIC WEDEL
Head, Los Angeles Office;Global Co-Chair, Finance and Capital Markets Groups; Partner
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Asuccessful private equity finance lawyer with a national reputation, Eric Wedel has advised on the financing behind some of the biggest private equity deals in recent years—about $200 billion in financings in the past two years. Over his two decadeplus career, Wedel has built a private equity client roster that includes Warburg Pincus, Hg Capital, Stone Point Capital and Stonepeak, among many others— the finance-world equivalent of Hollywood agents representing DiCaprio, Clooney and Pitt.
Wedel is also one of the region’s most dynamic law firm leaders. Since late 2023, he has molded Paul, Weiss’s LA office into one of the region’s foremost private equity finance practices.
