Biography
Brian Parness is a partner in Weil’s Private Equity practice and is based in New York. Mr. Parness advises clients on a wide range of corporate transactions, including control and minority investments in asset management firms, private and public acquisitions and dispositions, growth equity investments, private equity secondary transactions and fund restructurings, co-investments and other matters related to the formation of private investment funds.
Prior to joining Weil, Mr. Parness was an Associate General Counsel at Goldman Sachs where he managed the execution of strategic transactions on behalf of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and advised multiple business units on investing activities and private fund matters.
Mr. Parness received his J.D., magna cum laude and as a member of the Order of the Coif, from New York University School of Law and his B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Delaware.