Andrew I. Chizzik

Partner New York

Biography

Andrew I. Chizzik
Andrew Chizzik is a partner in Weil’s Private Funds practice and is based in New York. He has extensive experience representing U.S. and non-U.S. private investment fund sponsors in structuring and negotiating the terms of domestic and offshore private investment funds. In addition, he has represented private investment fund sponsors and their personnel in connection with various employment and separation agreements as well as in connection with economic sharing arrangements among such persons. Mr. Chizzik also represents certain prominent limited partners in connection with their investments in private equity funds, real estate funds and venture capital funds, as well as buyers and sellers of secondary interests in private equity funds. He also advises fund sponsors generally with respect to the Federal securities laws, including the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

Mr. Chizzik’s representative clients include Apollo Global Management, Brookfield Asset Management, Cresta Energy, Genstar Capital, PSP and WL Ross & Co.

Mr. Chizzik is ranked as an “Up & Coming” lawyer for Investment Funds by Chambers Global and Chambers USA, where clients note “he has a deep industry knowledge in the fund world." He is also recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” for Private Equity Funds by Legal 500 US where he is described as “an excellent technician” and as “Highly Regarded” for Investment Funds in the U.S. by IFLR1000. In 2015, Mr. Chizzik was named to private funds management’s “30 Under 40” list, a survey of “the next generation of legal eagles in the private funds industry.”

Mr. Chizzik received his J.D. from the Fordham University School of Law and his B.S. from Cornell University.

Awards and Recognition, Speaking Engagements, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements

Awards and Recognition

  • Andrew Chizzik Named “Up & Coming” Lawyer for Investment Funds Award Brief — Chambers Global
  • Andrew Chizzik Named “Up & Coming” Lawyer for Investment Funds: Nationwide Award Brief — Chambers USA
  • Andrew Chizzik Named a “Leading Lawyer” for Private Equity Funds Award Brief — Legal 500 US
  • Andrew Chizzik Named a “Highly Regarded” Lawyer for Investment Funds in the U.S. Award Brief — IFLR1000
  • Andrew Chizzik Shortlisted for “Best in Private Equity” Award Award Brief — Euromoney Legal Media Group Americas Rising Star Awards 2018

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Speaking Engagements

  • PLI’s Twenty-First Annual Private Equity Forum Speaker(s): Andrew I. Chizzik

    April 30, 2020 — New York, NY — Weil Private Funds partner Andrew Chizzik participates in a panel titled, “How to Market Private Equity Funds on a Global Basis,” as part of PLI’s Twenty-First Annual Private Equity Forum. This panel discusses Organizing a global fund raising effort, Key issues in U.S. and European fundraising and Practice tips.

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