
Jed Weiner advises emerging and seasoned companies and investors in corporate finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, board matters, corporate governance, executive compensation, management equity, restructuring, corporate compliance, and commercial transactions.
Jed has worked in private practice at top-tier law firms, including as a corporate attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York, London, and Palo Alto. He served as general counsel for Tunnel Hill Partners with $300 million in revenues, and as lead counsel of a global business division of Brady Corporation, a publicly-traded U.S. multinational.
Jed has represented clients across a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, automotive, waste management, software, life sciences, energy, retail, banking, and telecommunications. He’s also prepared SEC filings for U.S. public companies and led securities and M&A transactions both in-house and in private practice.
Additionally, Jed serves as outside general counsel for startups and private equity portfolio companies. Having significant experience with international transactions, operations, and compliance, he oversaw complex legal and business issues in Europe, Middle East and Africa for Brady Corporation. Jed led cross-border securities and M&A transactions for Blackstone and KKR at law firm Simpson Thacher.
Jed served in leadership roles as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve, deactivating as a Lieutenant Commander in 2012.
Bar Admission:
State of New York, 2003
Education:
Columbia College, Columbia University, B.A., 1995
University of Oxford, MPhil, 1997
New York University School of Law, J.D., 2002
Jed Weiner
Partner
jweiner@gripventure.com