Fund Lawyers
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| Primary practice | Prior firms | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian E. Ashin | Paul Hastings | Partner | Washington, D.C. +1 | Fund formation, Private equity funds +1 | – | 18 yrs | Georgetown, Brandeis University | – |
| Olesya Bakar | Holland & Knight | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Fund formation | – | University of, University of Georgia | – |
| Mana Behbin | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Fund formation | 23 yrs | University of Pennsylvania, Columbia | – |
| Benjamin Berman | Latham & Watkins | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Private equity funds, Private credit funds +1 | Fund finance | 19 yrs | Northwestern, University of Pennsylvania | – |
| David W. Bonser | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | Global Managing Partner - Corporate | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +1 | – | 39 yrs | University of Texas, Duke | – |
| Gregg S. Buksbaum | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +7 | Fund formation | 30 yrs | Brooklyn Law School, University of Michigan | – |
| Amanda Butler-Jones | Proskauer Rose | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Secondaries | – | Howard University, University of Massachusetts Amherst | – |
| John P. Cavanagh | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Funds regulatory | – | George Washington University, Colgate University | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Erin K. Cho | Mayer Brown | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | – | – | Yale, Harvard | – |
| Sophie K. Cuthbertson | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Private credit funds | – | NYU, University of Pennsylvania | – |
| Luke P. Eldridge | Davis Polk & Wardwell | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Fund formation | – | University of Pennsylvania, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Debevoise & Plimpton |
| Ranah Esmaili | Sidley Austin | Partner | Washington, D.C. +1 | Private equity funds, Venture funds +2 | Funds regulatory | 22 yrs | UC Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies +1 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Marian Fowler | Gibson Dunn | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +4 | Funds regulatory | 19 yrs | Georgetown, UCLA +1 | Thrive Capital Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| A.J. Frey | Gibson Dunn | Partner | Washington, D.C. +1 | Fund formation, Private equity funds +4 | Fund formation | 14 yrs | Washington and Lee University, University of Virginia | Greenspring Associates |
| Ethan Green | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +7 | Fund formation | – | George Washington University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Goodwin Procter, Cleary Gottlieb |
| David J. Greene | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Partner | Washington, D.C. +1 | Fund formation, Private equity funds +6 | Fund formation | 21 yrs | University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia | – |
| James W. Hahn | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +2 | Fund formation | – | Georgetown, Brown University | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
| Ivan P. Harris | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Partner | Washington, D.C. +1 | Private equity funds, Hedge funds +1 | – | 32 yrs | Duke, University of Pennsylvania | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Mike Hart-Slattery | Latham & Watkins | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Funds regulatory | 9 yrs | George Washington University, Thunderbird School of Global Management +1 | – |
| Kristopher P. Henman | Troutman Pepper Locke | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Private equity funds, Venture funds +2 | Fund finance | 22 yrs | George Mason University Antonin Scalia, Georgetown | – |
| David T. Holland | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | Partner | Washington, D.C. +1 | Fund formation, Private equity funds +4 | – | 11 yrs | Suffolk University, Point Loma Nazarene University | – |
| Matthew W. Howard | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Fund formation | – | NYU, Swarthmore College | Fried Frank |
| Scott R. Jablonski | Husch Blackwell | Partner | Washington, D.C. +1 | Fund formation, Private equity funds +2 | – | – | University of, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs +1 | – |
| Lindsay B. Jackson | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Private equity funds, Hedge funds +1 | Funds regulatory | 19 yrs | Georgetown, Haverford College | – |
| Madelyn Healy Joseph | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +6 | Fund formation | 12 yrs | University of Virginia, George Washington University | – |
| Robert B. Kaplan | Debevoise & Plimpton | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Private equity funds, Hedge funds +1 | – | 34 yrs | NYU, Columbia | – |
| Alex M. Kaufman | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds | Fund formation | 12 yrs | Duke, University of Southern California | Fried Frank |
| Anthony S. Kelly | Dechert | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Private equity funds, Venture funds +3 | – | 22 yrs | George Washington University, Georgetown | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Caitlin T. Kelly | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Fund formation | – | Georgetown, George Washington University | – |
| Daniel R. Kleinman | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Private equity funds, Hedge funds +2 | – | 29 yrs | Georgetown, NYU +1 | – |
| D. Brett Kohlhofer | Dechert | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Private equity funds, Venture funds +2 | – | 13 yrs | Southern Methodist University, Boston College | Mercer |
| Mac M. Laban | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +5 | Funds regulatory | 10 yrs | Loyola University, Iowa State University | Ropes & Gray, Goodwin Procter |
| Richard C. LaFalce | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +2 | Fund tax | 21 yrs | George Washington University, College of William & Mary | Internal Revenue Service |
| Gregory Thomas Larkin | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +7 | Funds regulatory | – | NYU, Princeton | – |
| Rebecca Lee | Dechert | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +4 | Fund tax | 25 yrs | College of William & Mary, Tulane University +1 | – |
| Ellen Gibson McGinnis | Haynes and Boone | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Private equity funds, Private credit funds +2 | – | 41 yrs | NYU, Yale | – |
| Camille Mott | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Fund formation | 8 yrs | University of Virginia, Louisiana State University | – |
| Rita Glasionov Muir | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds | Private equity funds | 17 yrs | George Washington University, Princeton | – |
| Jonathan S. Nesher | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | Partner | Washington, D.C. +1 | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | – | 20 yrs | Harvard, University of Cambridge | Office of the Prime Minister of Israel, Israel Defense Forces |
| Courtney C. Nowell | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +6 | Fund formation | 30 yrs | Georgetown, William & Mary Law School +1 | – |
| Forrest Osgood | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +2 | Fund formation | 9 yrs | NYU, University of Maryland | Proskauer, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
| Kapil V. Pandit | Skadden | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +5 | Fund formation | 17 yrs | Howard University, George Washington University +1 | AGM India Advisors Pvt., Lockheed Martin |
| Alpa Patel | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Private equity funds, Venture funds +4 | Funds regulatory | 19 yrs | George Washington University, Emory University | Dechert, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Jessica L. Patrick | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +2 | Funds regulatory | 11 yrs | American University, University of Maryland | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young |
| Sheena Paul | Debevoise & Plimpton | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +6 | Funds regulatory | 14 yrs | Georgetown, Macalester College | – |
| Amber V. Phillips | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +6 | – | 12 yrs | UC Berkeley, University of Missouri | New Zealand Parliamentary Service, New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs |
| Ryan Plasky | Latham & Watkins | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Private equity funds, Private credit funds +4 | Fund finance | 19 yrs | University of Pennsylvania, Cornell | – |
| Marc Ponchione | Debevoise & Plimpton | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +4 | Funds regulatory | 27 yrs | Duquesne University, Marietta College | – |
| Kostas Poulakidas | Greenberg Traurig | Shareholder | Chicago, IL +1 | Fund formation, Private equity funds +1 | – | – | Indiana University, Northwestern +2 | Federal Aviation Administration, City of Indianapolis +4 |
| Bryan R. Ricapito | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +6 | Fund formation | 20 yrs | Georgetown, Babson College +1 | – |
| Julie M. Riewe | Debevoise & Plimpton | Partner | Washington, D.C. +1 | Private equity funds, Private credit funds +3 | – | 27 yrs | Duke | – |
| Amy R. Rigdon | Latham & Watkins | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +5 | Fund formation | 18 yrs | Stetson University | – |
| Christine Ayako Schleppegrell | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Partner | Washington, D.C. +1 | Fund formation, Private equity funds +6 | Funds regulatory | 15 yrs | University of, Vassar College | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Steven R. Schneider | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Private equity funds, Real estate funds +1 | Fund tax | 32 yrs | Georgetown, Washington University +1 | Internal Revenue Service |
| Jennifer Songer | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +2 | Funds regulatory | – | Boston College, University of Pennsylvania | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Paul S. Stevens Jr. | Dechert | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +5 | Funds regulatory | 13 yrs | College of William & Mary, Tulane University | – |
| Martín E. Strauch | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +1 | Fund formation | – | University of Florida Fredric, University of Florida | Fried Frank |
| Nicholas K. Styles | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +1 | Fund formation | 7 yrs | University of Virginia, Yale | Fried Frank |
| C. William Thomas, Jr. | Gibson Dunn | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Fund formation | 28 yrs | Harvard, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University +1 | – |
| Aaron Velli | Cooley | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +1 | – | – | – | – |
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