Kamyar Abrar Co-Head, German Private Equity Frankfurt 17 “This was a clear and natural choice for us both. Kamyar is one of the finest lawyers in the market and he will immediately scale our capabilities on large, complex and strategic private equity deals, being key for us to drive our next phase of growth.” Sebastian Pauls Why did you come home to Weil? Weil is where my career started and where my professional standards were set: intensity, precision and excellence. It has never been one firm among many for me. It has always been the reference point for PE at the highest level. After years at another leading law firm, where I built one of the most dynamic PE platforms in the German market, the opportunity to return to Weil to lead the practice together with Sebastian felt like the logical next step. PE is at an inflection point: returns driven by real value creation, transactions more complex and increasingly cross-border. Weil is built for exactly this moment, and Sebastian and I are built for each other. What has been the best surprise since your return? How fast the market noticed. Sebastian and I are a genuine partnership: complementary in style, aligned on ambition and between us we cover the full spectrum of what top sponsors need today. There is no comparable team at this level in the German market right now. What I had not fully anticipated was the energy that comes from reuniting with people you already know and trust. Colleagues like Benjamin Rapp have returned around the same time, and when you walk back into a team where the connections already run deep, something clicks immediately. There is even a certain pleasure in working alongside people who shaped you early on: the dynamic shifts, and that shift turns out to be genuinely fun. The gears mesh from day one. That kind of chemistry is not something you can build from scratch. You either have it or you don’t. Weil Homecomings | 37
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