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
PartnerTroutman Pepper Locke
Charlotte, NCPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 2 more
PartnerDavis Polk & Wardwell
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 4 more
PartnerPaul Hastings
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 3 more
PartnerDechert
Washington, D.C.Practices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 4 more
PartnerHolland & Knight
Austin, TX + 1 morePractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Real estate funds + 1 more
PartnerDebevoise & Plimpton
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Infrastructure funds + 1 more
PartnerGunderson Dettmer
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 1 more
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 2 more
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
Chicago, ILPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 2 more
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
Washington, D.C.Practices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Secondaries
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds
PartnerGunderson Dettmer
Silicon Valley, CAPractices: Fund formation, Venture funds, Secondaries
PartnerProskauer Rose
Boston, MAPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 4 more
PartnerProskauer Rose
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 5 more
PartnerSeward & Kissel
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 4 more
PartnerMcDermott Will & Schulte
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 1 more
PartnerWillkie Farr & Gallagher
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 2 more
PartnerTroutman Pepper Locke
Detroit, MIPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 2 more
ShareholderGreenberg Traurig
Chicago, ILPractices: Fund formation, Real estate funds, Secondaries + 1 more
PartnerSidley Austin
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Hedge funds + 2 more
PartnerHolland & Knight
Boston, MA + 1 morePractices: Fund formation, Venture funds, Real estate funds + 3 more
PartnerGunderson Dettmer
Silicon Valley, CAPractices: Fund formation, Venture funds
PartnerGibson Dunn
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 3 more
PartnerMorgan, Lewis & Bockius
Boston, MAPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 5 more
PartnerMcDermott Will & Schulte
Nashville, TNPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 2 more
PartnerWillkie Farr & Gallagher
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Hedge funds + 1 more
PartnerMilbank
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Real estate funds + 3 more
PartnerHaynes and Boone
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Hedge funds + 1 more
PartnerWillkie Farr & Gallagher
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 6 more
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
Washington, D.C.Practices: Fund formation, Private credit funds, Funds regulatory
PartnerHogan Lovells Cadwalader
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private credit funds, Real estate funds + 2 more
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private credit funds, Infrastructure funds + 2 more
PartnerWinston Taylor
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private credit funds, Real estate funds + 1 more
PartnerWinston Taylor
Chicago, ILPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Secondaries
PartnerWillkie Farr & Gallagher
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 2 more
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit funds + 2 more
PartnerKirkland & Ellis
San Francisco, CAPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Private credit 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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