{"id":163783,"date":"2026-09-28T11:21:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/28\/cravath-and-weil-are-just-trading-partners-at-this-point\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T11:21:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:21:03","slug":"cravath-and-weil-are-just-trading-partners-at-this-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/28\/cravath-and-weil-are-just-trading-partners-at-this-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Cravath And Weil Are Just Trading Partners At This Point"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peter Feist, the head of Cravath\u2019s private equity practice, is going back to Weil<\/a>, where he spent nearly 20 years before leaving for Cravath in 2023. He\u2019ll be US co-head of private equity.<\/p>\n

This lateral merry-go-round is getting dizzying.<\/p>\n

Three weeks ago, corporate chair Michael Aiello left Weil for Cravath with five M&A partners, a move Weil pointedly described as a jump to \u201ca smaller platform.\u201d<\/a> Last week, Paul Weiss helped itself to Weil\u2019s private equity co-head<\/a> and three more lawyers. Weil has now filled that hole with the man running private equity at Cravath, who used to run a piece of it at Weil.<\/p>\n

Executive partner Barry Wolf called Feist \u201can exceptional private equity lawyer\u201d and a \u201clongtime friend and colleague to many of us at Weil.\u201d Ramona Nee, who succeeds Wolf as executive partner, leaned into it harder \u2014 Feist \u201chas chosen to come home to Weil,\u201d and his return \u201creflects the scale of our ambitions and our commitment to investing in the best talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cravath in a statement said, \u201cWe wish Peter well in his future endeavors.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the standard-issue Biglaw goodbye that wishes the defector well and says absolutely nothing, which is precisely what Weil couldn\u2019t bring itself to do<\/a> when Aiello walked out the door. Turns out there was a graceful option available the entire time.<\/p>\n

Earlier:<\/strong> Weil\u2019s Revolving Door Now Spins In Both Directions<\/a>
Weil Is Relieved To Lose Its Biggest Rainmaker. Cravath Is Thrilled To Get His \u2018Values.\u2019<\/a>
Weil\u2019s Corporate Chair Decamps For Cravath, Which Weil Would Like You To Know Is \u2018A Smaller Platform\u2019<\/a>
The Cravath Shade Wasn\u2019t A One-Off: Weil Insiders Line Up To Say Good Riddance<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of\u00a0The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of\u00a0Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email\u00a0her<\/a>\u00a0with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Cravath And Weil Are Just Trading Partners At This Point<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Peter Feist, the head of Cravath\u2019s private equity practice, is going back to Weil<\/a>, where he spent nearly 20 years before leaving for Cravath in 2023. He\u2019ll be US co-head of private equity.<\/p>\n

This lateral merry-go-round is getting dizzying.<\/p>\n

Three weeks ago, corporate chair Michael Aiello left Weil for Cravath with five M&A partners, a move Weil pointedly described as a jump to \u201ca smaller platform.\u201d<\/a> Last week, Paul Weiss helped itself to Weil\u2019s private equity co-head<\/a> and three more lawyers. Weil has now filled that hole with the man running private equity at Cravath, who used to run a piece of it at Weil.<\/p>\n

Executive partner Barry Wolf called Feist \u201can exceptional private equity lawyer\u201d and a \u201clongtime friend and colleague to many of us at Weil.\u201d Ramona Nee, who succeeds Wolf as executive partner, leaned into it harder \u2014 Feist \u201chas chosen to come home to Weil,\u201d and his return \u201creflects the scale of our ambitions and our commitment to investing in the best talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cravath in a statement said, \u201cWe wish Peter well in his future endeavors.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the standard-issue Biglaw goodbye that wishes the defector well and says absolutely nothing, which is precisely what Weil couldn\u2019t bring itself to do<\/a> when Aiello walked out the door. Turns out there was a graceful option available the entire time.<\/p>\n

Earlier:<\/strong> Weil\u2019s Revolving Door Now Spins In Both Directions<\/a>
Weil Is Relieved To Lose Its Biggest Rainmaker. Cravath Is Thrilled To Get His \u2018Values.\u2019<\/a>
Weil\u2019s Corporate Chair Decamps For Cravath, Which Weil Would Like You To Know Is \u2018A Smaller Platform\u2019<\/a>
The Cravath Shade Wasn\u2019t A One-Off: Weil Insiders Line Up To Say Good Riddance<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of\u00a0The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of\u00a0Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email\u00a0her<\/a>\u00a0with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Peter Feist, the head of Cravath\u2019s private equity practice, is going back to Weil, where he spent nearly 20 years before leaving for Cravath in 2023. He\u2019ll be US co-head of private equity. This lateral merry-go-round is getting dizzying. Three weeks ago, corporate chair Michael Aiello left Weil for Cravath with five M&A partners, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":163784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}