Fund Lawyers
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| Primary practice | Prior firms | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erica Berthou | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +6 | Fund formation | – | NYU, King's College London +2 | Debevoise & Plimpton, Mannheimer Swartling +1 |
| Robert Blaustein | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +6 | Fund formation | 21 yrs | University of Pennsylvania, Yale | – |
| Guillemette Chamayou | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Fund formation | 14 yrs | Fordham, King's College London +2 | Macfarlanes, King & Wood Mallesons |
| Nicole Escobar | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +1 | Fund formation | – | NYU, Swarthmore College | Hamilton Lane Advisors, Morgan Lewis |
| Asaf Gamzo | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +4 | Fund formation | 15 yrs | NYU, Yeshiva University | Fried Frank, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan |
| Tarsis Goncalves | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Miami, FL +1 | Fund formation, Venture funds +3 | Secondaries | 18 yrs | NYU, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro +1 | Paul Hastings, Hogan Lovells +2 |
| Nicholas A. Hemmingsen | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +6 | Fund formation | 16 yrs | University of Michigan, Adrian College | K&L Gates |
| Jake Heyka | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +5 | Fund formation | – | McGill University Faculty of Law, University of Wisconsin-Madison | Schulte Roth & Zabel, King & Spalding +1 |
| Tana Wilner de Keller | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Venture funds +2 | – | 15 yrs | Columbia, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya | Pretium Partners |
| Kevin Lam | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +4 | Fund formation | – | Columbia, Washington University in St. Louis | – |
| Daniel Lavon-Krein | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +4 | Fund formation | 23 yrs | McGill University Faculty of Law, University of Toronto | Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
| Nadia Murad | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY +1 | Fund formation, Private equity funds +4 | Fund formation | 21 yrs | University of Michigan, Northwestern | – |
| John R. O'Neil | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +5 | – | 28 yrs | Northwestern, University of Wisconsin-Madison | – |
| David B. Sherman | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +4 | Fund formation | – | University of Virginia, University of Wisconsin-Madison | Latham & Watkins, Skadden |
| Andrew J. Silvia | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +5 | Fund formation | 9 yrs | Chicago-Kent College of Law, Wake Forest University | – |
| Amanda Katlowitz Strickler | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Fund formation | 10 yrs | Fordham, Syracuse University | K&L Gates |
| Michael Sudano | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +2 | Fund formation | 7 yrs | Fordham, Colgate University | – |
| Lindsay Trapp | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Venture funds +3 | Private credit funds | 19 yrs | Saint Louis University, University College Cork +1 | Dechert |
| Paul Watt | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | San Francisco, CA +1 | Fund formation, Private equity funds +4 | – | – | Fordham, BPP Law School +1 | – |
| Semhar Woldai | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +2 | Secondaries | 11 yrs | Osgoode Hall Law School, University of Western Ontario | Weil Gotshal & Manges, Manulife Financial |
| Andrew Wright | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +8 | Fund formation | 27 yrs | University of Chicago, Harvard | – |
| Christine Zhao | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +2 | Fund formation | 8 yrs | Georgetown, Boston College | – |
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