Fund Lawyers
Everyone listed, in one table. Filter by as many fields as you like, sort any column, and open a name for the details and the way to reach them.
| Primary practice | Prior firms | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameer I. Ahmad | Mayer Brown | Partner | Chicago, IL | Secondaries | – | – | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of | – |
| Dannia Altemimei | Greenberg Traurig | Shareholder | Chicago, IL | Fund formation, Funds regulatory | Fund formation | – | University of, Loyola University Chicago | Balyasny Asset Management L.P |
| Dan Applebaum | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Chicago, IL | Fund formation, Secondaries | Fund formation | 12 yrs | University of, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Adams Street Partners, Sidley Austin |
| Olesya Bakar | Holland & Knight | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Fund formation | – | University of, University of Georgia | – |
| Joseph R. Baron | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Houston, TX | Fund formation, Private equity funds +2 | Private equity funds | 9 yrs | University of, University of Connecticut | Goodwin Procter |
| Steven E. Bartz | Greenberg Traurig | Shareholder | Dallas, TX | Fund formation, Private equity funds +1 | – | – | University of | – |
| Joshua Becker | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Venture funds +2 | – | 11 yrs | University of, University of Dallas | – |
| Cathleen A. Booth | Katten Muchin Rosenman | Partner and Co-Chair, Investment Management and Trading | Chicago, IL | Fund formation, Private equity funds +1 | Fund formation | – | University of, Ohio Northern University | – |
| Julien Bourgeois | Dechert | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Hedge funds +1 | Funds regulatory | 28 yrs | University of Paris Nanterre, University of | – |
| Lawrence H. Brenman | Greenberg Traurig | Shareholder | Chicago, IL | Fund formation, Private equity funds +2 | Real estate funds | 44 yrs | NYU, University of +1 | – |
| Vlad Bulkin | Proskauer Rose | Partner | Boca Raton, FL | Fund formation, Private credit funds +1 | Fund formation | – | Georgetown, University of +1 | Katten |
| Kevin F. Cahill | Dechert | Partner | Los Angeles, CA | Fund formation, Hedge funds +1 | Funds regulatory | 25 yrs | University of, University of Illinois | – |
| Francisco J. Cardona | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private credit funds +1 | Secondaries | – | Georgetown, University of +1 | – |
| Ryan M. Carpenter | Proskauer Rose | Partner | Boston, MA | Fund formation, Private equity funds +4 | Private equity funds | – | University of, Princeton | – |
| Reed Carroll | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Funds regulatory | Fund formation | 6 yrs | University of, University of Colorado Boulder | Goodwin Procter |
| Paul S. Caruso | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Chicago, IL | Fund formation, Private equity funds +1 | Fund formation | 31 yrs | University of, University of Michigan | Allstate Investments, Sidley Austin |
| Russell Casper | Winston Taylor | Partner | Chicago, IL | Fund finance, Funds regulatory | Fund finance | 20 yrs | University of, Colby College | – |
| Won-Han Cheng | K&L Gates | Partner | Seattle, WA | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | – | 34 yrs | University of, University of Hawaii | – |
| Danyeale Leagh Chung | Paul Hastings | Partner | Charlotte, NC | Fund finance | Fund finance | 14 yrs | University of, University of North Carolina Greensboro | – |
| Rachel B. Cohen-Deaño | Greenberg Traurig | Shareholder | Chicago, IL | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Fund formation | 21 yrs | University of, University of Wisconsin-Madison | – |
| James "Jay" S. Crenshaw | Greenberg Traurig | Shareholder | Orlando, FL | Fund formation, Private equity funds +4 | Fund formation | 21 yrs | University of, University of Florida | – |
| Mark C. Dempsey | Mayer Brown | Partner | Chicago, IL | Hedge funds, Fund finance | Fund finance | – | University of, University of Illinois | – |
| Morgan Dennis | Haynes and Boone | Partner | Charlotte, NC | Fund finance | Fund finance | 9 yrs | University of, North Carolina State University | – |
| Clay Douglas | Dechert | Partner | Washington, D.C. | Fund formation, Private credit funds +1 | – | 12 yrs | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of | – |
| Christopher Douglass | Winston Taylor | Partner | Chicago, IL | Fund formation, Private equity funds +4 | Private equity funds | 25 yrs | University of, Northwestern | – |
| Andrew C. Fink | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Boston, MA | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Venture funds | – | University of, Trinity College | Gunderson Dettmer, Proskauer |
| Jonathan R. Flora | Ballard Spahr | Partner | Philadelphia, PA | Fund formation, Private equity funds +1 | – | 37 yrs | NYU, University of California, Davis +2 | – |
| Lea Ann Fowler | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | Partner | Denver, CO | Fund formation, Real estate funds | – | 35 yrs | University of, Southern Methodist University | – |
| David E. Gardels | Husch Blackwell | Partner | Omaha, NE | Private credit funds, Funds regulatory | – | – | University of, George Washington University | – |
| Jonathan S. Gelman | Greenberg Traurig | Shareholder | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Real estate funds | – | 34 yrs | University of, University of Pennsylvania | – |
| Erika Gosker | Mayer Brown | Partner | Chicago, IL | Fund formation, Real estate funds | Real estate funds | – | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of | – |
| Shane Goudey | Sidley Austin | Partner | Palo Alto, CA | Fund formation, Private equity funds +4 | Fund formation | 29 yrs | NYU, University of +1 | PwC |
| Ryan J. Gunderson | Gunderson Dettmer | Partner | San Diego, CA | Venture funds | – | – | University of, Brigham Young University | – |
| Jeffry M. Henderson | Greenberg Traurig | Shareholder | Chicago, IL | Hedge funds, Funds regulatory | – | – | Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent, University of +1 | – |
| J. Dean Hinderliter | Bracewell | Partner | Dallas, TX | Fund formation, Private equity funds +2 | – | – | NYU, University of +1 | – |
| Edward Ivey | Haynes and Boone | Partner | Charlotte, NC | Hedge funds, Funds regulatory | – | 17 yrs | University of, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | – |
| 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 | – |
| Luc Jansen | McDermott Will & Schulte | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Fund formation | – | Columbia, University of +1 | – |
| Paul W. Jezierny | Winston Taylor | Partner | Miami, FL | Fund formation, Secondaries | Fund formation | 13 yrs | University of, Drexel University | – |
| Brian Kettmer | Paul Hastings | Partner | Charlotte, NC | Private equity funds, Fund finance | Fund finance | 10 yrs | University of, Boston College | – |
| Jason L. Kirk | K&L Gates | Partner | Seattle, WA | Fund formation, Private equity funds +5 | Fund formation | – | University of, Eastern Washington University | – |
| Morgan Klinzing | Troutman Pepper Locke | Partner | Philadelphia, PA | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Fund tax | 12 yrs | NYU, University of +1 | – |
| Michael Kosnitzky | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | Partner | Miami, FL +1 | Fund formation, Private equity funds +1 | Fund tax | 47 yrs | University of, University of Miami | – |
| Leland Langston | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Los Angeles, CA | Fund formation, Private equity funds +5 | Fund formation | 11 yrs | University of, University of Michigan | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr |
| Justine Le | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Partner | Boston, MA | Fund formation, Private equity funds +2 | Fund formation | 13 yrs | University of, University of Massachusetts Amherst | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Daniel M. LeBey | Vinson & Elkins | Partner | Richmond, VA | Fund formation, Private equity funds +2 | – | 34 yrs | University of, Princeton | – |
| Dave Lewis | A&O Shearman | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | – | 29 yrs | NYU, University of +1 | – |
| David E. Lillevand | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | Partner | San Francisco, CA | Fund formation | – | 28 yrs | University of, Trinity College | – |
| Olga Loy | Winston Taylor | Partner | Chicago, IL | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Fund tax | 28 yrs | University of, Illinois State University | – |
| Sean Malone | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds | Fund formation | 15 yrs | University of, Villanova University | – |
| J. Matthew Mangan | K&L Gates | Managing Partner, San Francisco Office | San Francisco, CA +1 | Fund formation, Private equity funds +5 | Fund formation | 38 yrs | University of, Santa Clara University | – |
| Joel D. Maser | Greenberg Traurig | Shareholder | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Real estate funds, Fund tax | – | 42 yrs | University of, University of Florida | – |
| Marco V. Masotti | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | Partner | New York, NY | Fund formation, Private equity funds +4 | Private equity funds | 35 yrs | University of, University of Natal +1 | – |
| Arnold P. May | Proskauer Rose | Partner | Boston, MA | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Fund tax | – | University of, Rutgers University | – |
| Jeremiah M. Mayfield | Holland & Knight | Partner | Dallas, TX | Fund formation, Private equity funds | – | – | University of, Baylor University | – |
| Joshua Morgan | Kirkland & Ellis | Partner | Chicago, IL | Fund formation, Private equity funds +1 | Fund formation | 8 yrs | University of, University of Texas | – |
| Edward J. Newlands | Dechert | Partner | New York, NY | Fund finance | – | 17 yrs | University of Maryland, University of | – |
| Jessica L. Panza | Jones Day | Partner | Chicago, IL | Fund formation, Private equity funds +5 | Fund formation | 19 yrs | University of, University of Notre Dame | – |
| Peter M. Phleger | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Partner | San Francisco, CA | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Fund formation | 30 yrs | University of, Yale | – |
| Kate L. Price | Winston Taylor | Partner | Chicago, IL | Fund formation, Private equity funds +3 | Fund formation | 19 yrs | University of, University of Kansas | – |
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