Michael Weiner

Michael B. Weiner serves as Chief Legal Officer of the Morgan Stanley Portfolios and helped launch the Morgan Stanley Private Markets and Alternatives Fund complex. He is also responsible for advising Morgan Stanley Wealth Management on the distribution of mutual funds, ETFs and other registered investment products.

Michael began his career as a litigator at Milbank LLP, where he specialized in defending fund advisers against excessive fee claims brought under Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, before becoming associate general counsel at an asset manager. He is passionate about writing on fund regulation and has published articles in the Virginia Law & Business Review, the Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review and The Investment Lawyer.

Michael graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, and from Swarthmore College, where he played lacrosse. Michael is active in his local community, where he coaches several youth sports teams and serves on the boards of the Metropolitan Golf Association Caddie Scholarship Fund and Oak Lane Child Care Center.