Fund Lawyers for GPs and Sponsors
809 fund lawyers at 39 firms act for GPs and sponsors.
- Partners
- 809
- all at partner level
- Firms
- 39
Last verified Oct 23, 2026 against the firms’ own sites. How we check
Fund lawyers, A to Z
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Funds regulatory
PartnerMayer Brown
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Funds regulatory
PartnerHaynes and Boone
Dallas, TXPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Real estate funds
PartnerMorgan, Lewis & Bockius
Washington, D.C. + 1 morePractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 5 more
PartnerHogan Lovells Cadwalader
Washington, D.C.Practices: Private equity funds, Real estate funds, Fund tax
PartnerVinson & Elkins
Austin, TXPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 5 more
PartnerProskauer Rose
Washington, D.C.Practices: Private credit funds, Hedge funds, Secondaries + 1 more
PartnerProskauer Rose
Boston, MAPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 1 more
PartnerMcDermott Will & Schulte
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private credit funds, Infrastructure funds + 2 more
PartnerSidley Austin
Chicago, ILPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 4 more
PartnerWeil, Gotshal & Manges
Washington, D.C.Practices: Fund formation, Funds regulatory
PartnerPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 1 more
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
Los Angeles, CAPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 2 more
PartnerSeward & Kissel
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 5 more
PartnerVinson & Elkins
Houston, TXPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 3 more
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 2 more
PartnerPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Hedge funds + 2 more
PartnerProskauer Rose
Boston, MAPractices: Fund formation, Venture funds, Private credit funds + 1 more
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
Los Angeles, CAPractices: Fund formation, Funds regulatory
PartnerCooley
San Francisco, CAPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds
PartnerDebevoise & Plimpton
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 3 more
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 4 more
PartnerPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 3 more
PartnerGibson Dunn
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 2 more
PartnerPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 2 more
PartnerWillkie Farr & Gallagher
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Venture funds, Secondaries
PartnerMayer Brown
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Venture funds, Private credit funds + 2 more
PartnerPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 3 more
PartnerMcDermott Will & Schulte
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 5 more
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
Chicago, ILPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 3 more
PartnerPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Washington, D.C.Practices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 1 more
PartnerGibson Dunn
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 4 more
PartnerProskauer Rose
Boston, MAPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Secondaries
PartnerBracewell
Houston, TXPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Real estate funds + 1 more
PartnerSidley Austin
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 2 more
PartnerWillkie Farr & Gallagher
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Hedge funds, Secondaries + 1 more
ShareholderGreenberg Traurig
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 2 more
Private Fund Law Firms, by partners listed
- 1Kirkland & EllisNew York · Chicago · Washington, D.C. + 10 more195partners
- 2Proskauer RoseBoston · New York · Los Angeles + 1 more54partners
- 3Sidley AustinNew York · Chicago · Houston + 5 more41partners
- 4McDermott Will & SchulteNew York · Atlanta · Chicago + 2 more40partners
- 5Gunderson DettmerBoston · New York · Los Angeles + 3 more36partners
- 6Morgan, Lewis & BockiusNew York · Boston · Washington, D.C. + 5 more30partners
- 7Willkie Farr & GallagherNew York · Chicago · Los Angeles + 1 more28partners
- 8DechertNew York · Washington, D.C. · Boston + 2 more27partners
Questions
How many fund lawyers does FundOpsHQ list?
809 partners at 39 firms. Last checked Oct 23, 2026. Each one is at partner level, and their firm's own bio page says they act for GPs and sponsors.
Which private fund law firms have the most partners listed?
Kirkland & Ellis (195), Proskauer Rose (54) and Sidley Austin (41), counting the partners each firm's own website lists.
Where are fund lawyers based?
The cities with the most: New York (374), Chicago (111) and Boston (84).
What else do these lawyers work on?
The practices they list most: fund formation (734), private equity funds (441) and secondaries (350).
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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