AJ Weidhaas is the head of Goodwin Procter’s Private Equity practice in New York. He is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He has participated in numerous private equity investments, including minority and majority investments, leveraged recapitalizations, going private transactions and private investments in public companies. He actively represents clients such as Behrman Capital, AIG Global Investment Group (the corporate private equity arm of American International Group), BlackRock Kelso Capital Advisors, Great Hill Partners, London-based 3i Group and Veronis Suhler Stevenson, among others. He is regularly consulted for commentary on private equity issues by publications such as Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst, The Deal, Investment Dealers Digest and Buyouts Magazine. He holds a J.D. from Stanford University Law School (with distinction) and B.A. from Yale University (magna cum laude, with distinction).