• Dr. Olga Stürmer will join Weil's Frankfurt office as a partner of the German Private Equity practice.
• For more than a decade, she has advised international financial sponsors on private equity and M&A transactions, as well as credit-driven special situations.
• With her arrival, Weil's German Private Equity practice, led by Dr. Sebastian Pauls and Dr. Kamyar Abrar, will grow to ten partners, doubling in size within twelve months.

FRANKFURT/MUNICH, September 21, 2026: International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced the continued expansion of its Private Equity practice in Germany, with Dr. Olga Stürmer set to join as a partner in the Firm's Frankfurt office, bringing along an exceptional reputation advising top-tier global and European private equity firms on complex, high-profile transactions across sectors. Throughout her career, she has worked with clients on the full range of financial investor-backed transactions, including complex private equity and strategic M&A, leveraged buyouts and other private equity deals.

“Olga is an outstanding talent and a highly respected deal maker,” said Kamyar Abrar, Co-Head of Weil's German private equity practice. “We are firmly on the path to becoming the leading private equity practice in the German market, and with Olga we will take another major step toward that goal. I am delighted that she will be taking this journey with us.”

“The German private equity market is evolving rapidly, and Weil has built an impressive team in a short amount of time,” added Dr. Olga Stürmer. “I'm excited to become part of that momentum, and to advise my clients, who recognize the quality of this platform, one of the best-integrated private equity teams across Europe and the U.S.”

Olga’s arrival will continue the sharply accelerated build-out of Weil's German platform since the end of 2025. She will mark the Firm's ninth partner addition in Germany over that period, alongside new counsel and other high-profile lateral hires. At the partner level, Weil's German Private Equity practice will have doubled in size within twelve months, and the Firm intends to continue building on that momentum.

Globally, the hire also reflects the latest step in the evolution of Weil's Corporate Department. This month the Firm named Kyle Krpata and Michael Lubowitz Co-Chairs of the Corporate Department, elevating Weil’s Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions leaders and giving clients a holistic view of the deal market through a unified platform that further strengthens the Firm for the benefit of its clients and people. Furthermore, several new laterals are slated to join the Firm in the coming weeks.

“Growing our German practice is a core pillar of our international strategy,” said Barry Wolf, Executive Partner of Weil. “With Olga, we will gain a partner whose experience and international outlook align perfectly with our global Private Equity platform. Her upcoming arrival reflects the ambition behind our investment in Germany: we are building a team that will connect the strength of our European and global practices even more closely, giving our clients seamlessly integrated advice.”

About Weil's Private Equity Practice

Weil’s global Private Equity practice is recognized by the industry as being one of only a very small number of elite market leaders in this field. Our clients include many of the highest-profile private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds, as well as family offices and other equity financial investors. Weil advises more than 300 private equity clients worldwide, ranging from middle-market buyout firms to each of the 10 largest global private equity funds and 8 of the 10 largest global private equity funds as ranked by PEI 300 2026. Our advice covers all aspects of the full life cycle of investments.

About Weil's German Offices

Weil's Frankfurt and Munich offices are part of the Firm’s European offering, providing seamless support to domestic and international clients and handling both sophisticated cross-border transactions and multi-jurisdictional disputes. Our remarkably diverse client base is engaged in various industries and includes some of the world's leading financial institutions as well as many major international corporations. Weil's German offices have positioned themselves as one of the premier practices in the country, in particular for Private Equity and M&A transactions as well as for Restructuring, Dispute Resolution, Finance, Tax, Antitrust and Employment.

About Weil

Founded in 1931, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has been a preeminent provider of legal services for more than 90 years. With approximately 1,200 lawyers in offices on three continents, Weil has been a pioneer in the marketplace and a first-mover in the establishment of many significant practice areas. The Firm’s four departments, Corporate, Litigation, Restructuring, and Tax, Executive Compensation & Benefits, and more than two dozen practice groups are consistently recognized as leaders in their respective fields.