Fund Formation Lawyers
1,004 fund lawyers at 41 firms list fund formation work.
- Partners
- 1,004
- all at partner level
Last verified Oct 23, 2026 against the firms’ own sites. How we check
Fund formation attorneys, A to Z
PartnerSeward & Kissel
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 3 more
PartnerMcDermott Will & Schulte
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Hedge funds
PartnerCooley
San Francisco, CAPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 1 more
PartnerMayer Brown
New York, NY + 1 morePractices: Fund formation, Private credit funds, Funds regulatory
PartnerProskauer Rose
Boston, MAPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 1 more
PartnerDebevoise & Plimpton
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 3 more
PartnerMcDermott Will & Schulte
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 4 more
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
Dallas, TXPractices: Fund formation, Private credit funds, Real estate funds
PartnerMorgan, Lewis & Bockius
Washington, D.C.Practices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 4 more
PartnerProskauer Rose
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 3 more
PartnerProskauer Rose
Boston, MAPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds
PartnerMorgan, Lewis & Bockius
Philadelphia, PAPractices: Fund formation, Funds regulatory
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Secondaries
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 3 more
PartnerSidley Austin
Chicago, ILPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Real estate funds + 2 more
PartnerHaynes and Boone
Dallas, TX + 1 morePractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 4 more
PartnerWillkie Farr & Gallagher
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Secondaries, Funds regulatory
PartnerPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Secondaries + 2 more
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
San Francisco, CAPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 1 more
PartnerDechert
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 3 more
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
Washington, D.C.Practices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds
PartnerPaul Hastings
Boston, MAPractices: Fund formation, Hedge funds, Secondaries + 1 more
PartnerMcDermott Will & Schulte
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Venture funds, Hedge funds + 1 more
ShareholderGreenberg Traurig
Miami, FLPractices: Fund formation, Venture funds, Secondaries + 1 more
PartnerMayer Brown
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private credit funds, Infrastructure funds + 2 more
PartnerProskauer Rose
Boston, MAPractices: Fund formation, Venture funds, Secondaries + 1 more
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
Washington, D.C.Practices: Fund formation, Funds regulatory
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
Salt Lake City, UTPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Real estate funds + 2 more
PartnerSkadden
Washington, D.C.Practices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 4 more
PartnerJones Day
Chicago, ILPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 4 more
PartnerSidley Austin
Chicago, ILPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 2 more
PartnerMorgan, Lewis & Bockius
Hartford, CTPractices: Fund formation, Hedge funds, Funds regulatory
PartnerProskauer Rose
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Secondaries, Fund tax
PartnerCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Secondaries, Fund tax
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
Chicago, ILPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 1 more
PartnerProskauer Rose
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 1 more
PartnerSidley Austin
Chicago, ILPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 5 more
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
Washington, D.C.Practices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 1 more
PartnerLatham & Watkins
San Francisco, CAPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds
PartnerDebevoise & Plimpton
Washington, D.C.Practices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 5 more
PartnerProskauer Rose
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Secondaries
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
Chicago, ILPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Real estate funds
Fund Formation Law Firms, by partners listed
- 1Kirkland & EllisNew York · Chicago · Washington, D.C. + 10 more226partners
- 2Proskauer RoseBoston · New York · Los Angeles + 1 more56partners
- 3Sidley AustinNew York · Chicago · Boston + 4 more49partners
- 4McDermott Will & SchulteNew York · Chicago · Atlanta + 2 more44partners
- 5Morgan, Lewis & BockiusBoston · New York · Washington, D.C. + 6 more39partners
- 6Gunderson DettmerBoston · New York · San Francisco + 4 more36partners
- 7Greenberg TraurigNew York · Chicago · Los Angeles + 8 more31partners
- =7Winston TaylorChicago · New York · Miami + 5 more31partners
Questions
How many fund formation attorneys does FundOpsHQ list?
1,004 partners at 41 firms. Last checked Oct 23, 2026. Each one is at partner level, and their firm's own bio page names fund formation work.
Which fund formation law firms have the most partners listed?
Kirkland & Ellis (226), Proskauer Rose (56) and Sidley Austin (49), counting the partners each firm's own website lists for fund formation work. All 41 firms, ranked
Where are fund formation attorneys based?
The cities with the most: New York (461), Chicago (137) and Washington, D.C. (90).
What else do these lawyers work on?
The practices they list most alongside fund formation work: private equity funds (543), private credit funds (396) and secondaries (394).
How does a fund lawyer get on this list?
By being a partner, principal, shareholder or member whose firm's own website lists them for this work. FundOpsHQ reads each firm's public bio pages and dates every check. Nobody pays to be listed or to rank, and anyone listed can claim, correct or remove their profile. How the directory works
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