Mike Dankis
Partner, Linklaters
New York, NY
Mike Dankis is a partner at Linklaters in New York, working on fund formation, private equity funds and private credit funds; in practice since 2024; previously at Deutsche Bank Asset Management.
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Overview
- Office
- New York, NY
- Experience
- In practice since 2024 · 2 years
- Main practice
- Fund formation
- Represents
- GPs and Sponsors; LPs and Investors
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Source: linklaters.com, as of Oct 24, 2026. View the bio
Practice
Fund formationthe practice the bio leads with
From the bio
“Mike is a partner in our investment funds practice in New York who focuses on private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real estate funds”
Private equity funds
From the bio
“focuses on private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real estate funds, working for a broad range of sponsor and investor clients on fund formation”
Private credit funds
From the bio
“focuses on private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real estate funds”
Real estate funds
From the bio
“focuses on private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real estate funds”
3 more practices
Infrastructure funds
From the bio
“focuses on private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real estate funds”
Secondaries
From the bio
“advising on the establishment of their first GP-led secondary vehicle / continuation Fund”
Funds regulatory
From the bio
“and the regulatory framework in which they operate”
Focus
- GP-led continuation funds
From the bio
“advising on the establishment of their first GP-led secondary vehicle / continuation Fund that was established to acquire and grow the Pinewood Group.”
Read from the practice description in the bio on linklaters.com, as of Oct 24, 2026.
Experience
In practice since 2024 · 2 years
Based on the earliest year the bio gives.
From the bio
“passed the NY Bar in 2024”
Before Linklaters
- Deutsche Bank Asset Management
Years and earlier employers as stated in the bio on linklaters.com, as of Oct 24, 2026.
Education and admissions
- Education
- Girton College, Cambridge
- Bar admissions
As the bio lists them. We do not check whether a licence is current; each state’s own lookup does.
As listed in the bio on linklaters.com, as of Oct 24, 2026.
Colleagues at Linklaters
- Jason Behrens
Partner · New York
- David Miller
Partner · New York
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Questions about Mike Dankis
What does Mike Dankis work on?
Linklaters’s bio of Mike Dankis leads with fund formation, and also lists private equity funds, private credit funds, real estate funds, infrastructure funds and secondaries and 1 more. It says Mike Dankis acts for sponsors (GPs) and investors (LPs).
Where is Mike Dankis based?
In Linklaters’s New York office.
How long has Mike Dankis practised?
Since 2024, 2 years, going by the earliest year the bio gives.
Where did Mike Dankis work before Linklaters?
The bio names Deutsche Bank Asset Management.
Where did Mike Dankis study?
Girton College, Cambridge.
Where is Mike Dankis admitted to practise?
The bio lists New York.
How can I contact Mike Dankis?
Through the bio page on linklaters.com. FundOpsHQ does not publish email addresses or phone numbers.