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Private Equity Fund Lawyers

615 fund lawyers at 39 firms list private equity fund work.

Partners
615
all at partner level
Firms
39
ranked by partners
Most partners
Kirkland & Ellis
119 listed here
Biggest city
New York
292 here

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

Private equity fund attorneys, A to Z

615 · 1–50

Private Equity Fund Law Firms, by partners listed

All 39 ranked
  1. 1Kirkland & EllisChicago · New York · Washington, D.C. + 10 more119partners
  2. 2Proskauer RoseNew York · Boston · Los Angeles + 2 more43partners
  3. 3Sidley AustinNew York · Chicago · Palo Alto + 5 more39partners
  4. 4McDermott Will & SchulteNew York · Atlanta · Chicago + 2 more30partners
  5. 5Morgan, Lewis & BockiusWashington, D.C. · New York · Boston + 5 more27partners
  6. 6Haynes and BooneDallas · New York · Austin + 5 more24partners
  7. 7Debevoise & PlimptonNew York · Washington, D.C. · San Francisco23partners
  8. 8Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & GarrisonNew York · Washington, D.C. · Los Angeles22partners

Questions

How many private equity fund attorneys does FundOpsHQ list?

615 partners at 39 firms. Last checked Oct 23, 2026. Each one is at partner level, and their firm's own bio page names private equity fund work.

Which private equity fund law firms have the most partners listed?

Kirkland & Ellis (119), Proskauer Rose (43) and Sidley Austin (39), counting the partners each firm's own website lists for private equity fund work. All 39 firms, ranked

Where are private equity fund attorneys based?

The cities with the most: New York (292), Chicago (94) and Washington, D.C. (57).

What else do these lawyers work on?

The practices they list most alongside private equity fund work: fund formation (543), private credit funds (314) and venture funds (274).

How many of these lawyers help set up new private equity funds?

543 of the 615 also list fund formation work, the setting up of a fund and its terms with investors.

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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