Bio

Peter Feist is Co-Head of the Private Equity Practice and focuses on private equity and mergers and acquisitions matters for leading private equity firms and other financial investors. Mr. Feist advises clients on a wide array of transactions, including private and public acquisitions, leveraged and management buyouts, take-private transactions, recapitalizations, minority investments, structured equity investments, special situations and divestitures. Commended as a “top private equity lawyer,” Mr. Feist is ranked by IFLR1000 as “Highly Regarded” for Private Equity in the U.S. He has also been consistently recognized as a leading transactional lawyer by Chambers and The Legal 500. Chambers has noted that Mr. Feist’s “‘fine skill set, boosted by his extensive experience in deals,’ was highly praised by interviewees, along with his outstanding deal execution skills.” The Legal 500 has described Mr. Feist as “an excellent draftsman and adviser, with a high degree of pragmatism” and his “extensive transactional experience” was highlighted by Who’s Who Legal. Mr. Feist was born in New Zealand. He received a BCA in 1990 and an LL.B. with highest honors in 1992 from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.