Overview
- The appointment was confirmed in an internal memo from Disney’s corporate general counsel David Howard and names Weinberger as deputy general counsel responsible for corporate transactions.
- Weinberger joins from Warner Bros. Discovery after a 19-year run in which he led legal work on major transactions and advised C-suite leaders on deal structure and execution.
- His résumé lists key roles on the Time Warner sale to AT&T and the WarnerMedia-Discovery combination, plus work on equity and debt investments, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships.
- At Warner he also led expansion efforts such as growing the video-game business and forming joint ventures in China, skills observers say could be useful for Disney’s partnerships and investments.
- Weinberger is due to start later this month, and the hire is seen as a move to bolster Disney’s transactional capability during a recent back-office reshuffle though no specific new deals have been announced.