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Fund Formation Lawyers

1,004 fund lawyers at 41 firms list fund formation work.

Partners
1,004
all at partner level
Firms
41
ranked by partners
Most partners
Kirkland & Ellis
226 listed here
Biggest city
New York
461 here

Last verified Oct 23, 2026 against the firms’ own sites. How we check

Fund formation attorneys, A to Z

1,004 · 751–800

Fund Formation Law Firms, by partners listed

All 41 ranked
  1. 1Kirkland & EllisNew York · Chicago · Washington, D.C. + 10 more226partners
  2. 2Proskauer RoseBoston · New York · Los Angeles + 1 more56partners
  3. 3Sidley AustinNew York · Chicago · Boston + 4 more49partners
  4. 4McDermott Will & SchulteNew York · Chicago · Atlanta + 2 more44partners
  5. 5Morgan, Lewis & BockiusBoston · New York · Washington, D.C. + 6 more39partners
  6. 6Gunderson DettmerBoston · New York · San Francisco + 4 more36partners
  7. 7Greenberg TraurigNew York · Chicago · Los Angeles + 8 more31partners
  8. =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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