Debevoise represents a wide variety of investor clients including funds of funds, private foundations, sovereign wealth funds, universities, family offices, family trusts, high-net-worth individuals, U.S. banks, insurance companies, and public and private pension plans. Our experience includes working with clients investing in a variety of roles (from small toehold investors to significant seed or anchor investors who may take interests in general partners and/or management companies) and in a variety of asset classes, including buyout, debt, credit, distressed, real estate, infrastructure, venture, structured finance, healthcare and insurance products. Debevoise lawyers also advise investor clients entering into investment management arrangements with investment management firms, including private equity sponsors.

Our funds practice is at the forefront of legal technology innovation, leveraging AI and other advanced tools to enhance client service and maximize efficiency. We employ various solutions to streamline processes and deliver faster, more accurate work product. The team is continually demoing and piloting new technologies, ensuring we remain ahead of the curve. We are incredibly proactive and knowledgeable in this space, regularly advising clients on how AI and emerging technologies may impact their businesses and offering practical, informed guidance in a rapidly evolving landscape

Debevoise’s investor-side practice is a significant part of the firm’s global funds team, with New York-based partner Jane Engelhardt leading the investor-side practice in the U.S. Since 2000, Debevoise lawyers have reviewed over 3,450 private funds for the firm’s investor clients. The firm’s global investor-side practice works synergistically with its extensive sponsor-side team, which provides the team with a broad and deep understanding of the market and an ability to influence market terms and trends. As described further below, our practice also collaborates regularly with the firm’s deep bench of transactional lawyers who regularly advise investor-side clients on fund-related transactions. We have a deep bench of partners, counsel, associates, staff attorneys and other support who are able to ensure our investor-side clients are fully covered with respect to all their legal needs. Debevoise represents a wide variety of investor clients including funds of funds, private foundations, sovereign wealth funds, universities, family offices, family trusts, high-net-worth individuals, U.S. banks, insurance companies, and public and private pension plans. Our experience includes working with clients investing in a variety of roles (from small toehold investors to significant seed or anchor investors who may take interests in general partners and/or management companies) and in a variety of asset classes, including buyout, debt, credit, distressed, real estate, infrastructure, venture, structured finance, healthcare and insurance products. Debevoise lawyers also advise investor clients entering into investment management arrangements with investment management firms, including private equity sponsors.Our funds practice is at the forefront of legal technology innovation, leveraging AI and other advanced tools to enhance client service and maximize efficiency. We employ various solutions to streamline processes and deliver faster, more accurate work product. The team is continually demoing and piloting new technologies, ensuring we remain ahead of the curve. We are incredibly proactive and knowledgeable in this space, regularly advising clients on how AI and emerging technologies may impact their businesses and offering practical, informed guidance in a rapidly evolving landscape

Investor-side Practice