Andrew I. Chizzik

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Andrew I. Chizzik
Andrew Chizzik is Co-Head of Weil’s Private Funds practice and is based in New York. He has extensive experience representing fund sponsors in launching and operating private investment funds. In addition, he represents private investment fund sponsors and their founders and personnel in connection with economic sharing arrangements among such persons and various employment and separation agreements. Andrew also represents certain prominent limited partners in connection with their investments in private investment funds, as well as buyers and sellers of secondary interests in private equity funds.

Andrew’s representative clients include Brookfield Asset Management, Energy Spectrum, Genstar Capital, JLL Partners, PSP and WL Ross & Co.

Andrew was named a 2023 “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer for his lead role advising Brookfield Asset Management in the formation of the $15 billion Brookfield Global Transition Fund, the largest-ever private fund dedicated to supporting the transition to net-zero carbon emissions. Andrew is also ranked as a “Leading” lawyer for Fund Formation by Chambers Global and Chambers USA, where clients note “he has a deep industry knowledge in the fund world and is a valuable and trusted adviser” and “he has good commercial instincts and is a good person to call with a tricky problem.” In 2024, he was recommended for Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital) by Legal 500 US, where he is described as “an excellent technician” and recognized as a “Highly Regarded” lawyer for Investment Funds in the U.S. by IFLR1000 in 2024. Andrew was also named a 2023 and 2020 Fund Formation “MVP” by Law360. He is named among Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” list.

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

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