ERIC WEDEL
Partner; Head of Los Angeles Office;
Global Co-Chair, Finance and Capital Markets
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
With his West Coast roots, Eric Wedel, one of the country’s most successful private equity finance lawyers, envisioned launching a top-tier Los Angeles office to service bluechip private equity clients. Today, he is realizing that vision at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where, as head of the LA office and global co-chair of the finance and capital markets group, he has driven the firm’s success.
Over the course of his 20-year career, Wedel has built a high-profile private equity client roster, advising on 200+ completed financings exceeding $150 billion in the aggregate.

