Key Takeaways
- • Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced on December 22, 2025 that Rex Hupy has joined its U.S. Private Equity Group as a partner in the New York office.
- • Hupy is the 9th lateral partner addition to the Firm's Private Equity Group in 2025, according to the announcement.
- • Hupy joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was a corporate partner in New York, and advises private equity sponsors across consumer products, energy and infrastructure, financial services, media and technology, healthcare, and industrials.
- • Weil says its PE practice advises more than 300 clients worldwide, including each of the 10 largest global PE funds and 80% of the top 25 per PEI 300 2024 rankings.
Summary
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced on December 22, 2025 that Rex Hupy has joined the Firm as a partner in the U.S. Private Equity Group, based in its New York office. Hupy comes from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was a corporate partner in that firm's New York office. The announcement describes him as advising private equity firms across a wide range of transactions and industries, including consumer products, energy and infrastructure, financial services, media and technology, healthcare, industrials and manufacturing.
The hire is the ninth lateral partner addition to Weil's Private Equity Group in 2025, according to the Firm. Weil said it has expanded its PE platform across all geographies over the past year, with partner additions in Los Angeles, Dallas, London, Frankfurt, Munich and Washington, D.C.
Executive Partner Barry Wolf said the Firm was delighted to welcome Hupy as it enhances its "best-in-class private equity platform." Corporate partner Michael J. Aiello said Hupy has broad experience advising leading PE sponsors, global investment firms and alternative asset managers on complex transactions, and that his arrival augments the Firm's private equity offerings amid growing client demand worldwide. Christopher Machera, Co-Head of Weil's U.S. Private Equity Practice, said the Firm's focus on global multi-asset managers makes partners with Hupy's breadth of experience and client relationships paramount.
Weil describes its global private equity practice as serving more than 300 clients, from middle-market buyout firms to each of the 10 largest global PE funds and 80% of the top 25 as ranked by PEI 300 2024. The Firm was founded in 1931 and has approximately 1,200 lawyers across offices on three continents.
The hire is the ninth lateral partner addition to Weil's Private Equity Group in 2025, according to the Firm. Weil said it has expanded its PE platform across all geographies over the past year, with partner additions in Los Angeles, Dallas, London, Frankfurt, Munich and Washington, D.C.
Executive Partner Barry Wolf said the Firm was delighted to welcome Hupy as it enhances its "best-in-class private equity platform." Corporate partner Michael J. Aiello said Hupy has broad experience advising leading PE sponsors, global investment firms and alternative asset managers on complex transactions, and that his arrival augments the Firm's private equity offerings amid growing client demand worldwide. Christopher Machera, Co-Head of Weil's U.S. Private Equity Practice, said the Firm's focus on global multi-asset managers makes partners with Hupy's breadth of experience and client relationships paramount.
Weil describes its global private equity practice as serving more than 300 clients, from middle-market buyout firms to each of the 10 largest global PE funds and 80% of the top 25 as ranked by PEI 300 2024. The Firm was founded in 1931 and has approximately 1,200 lawyers across offices on three continents.
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