Shawn D’Aguiar is a partner in the Corporate Department and a member of the firm’s Investment Management Group. His practice focuses on fund structuring and formation.
Mr. D’Aguiar has substantial experience advising clients in the private equity, private debt, real estate, infrastructure and venture capital sectors. He advises on a range of fund strategies, including impact and sustainable investing, emerging markets, sharia’a-compliant funds, incentive/carried interest schemes (including phantom carried interest plans) and co-investment arrangements.
He is ranked as a leading lawyer by Chambers UK (2026) in its Investment Funds: Private Equity and its Investment Funds: Credit Funds tables. The guide quotes clients as saying he is “an incredible legal innovator” with “great knowledge” and “very astute technical and drafting skills.” He is said to deal with complex situations “with grace and calmness” and is “diligent and thorough.” Mr. D’Aguiar is also recommended as a Leading Partner by The Legal 500 UK (2026) which highlights his “long-standing niche experience.”
Mr. D’Aguiar is admitted as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales, and is also admitted to the Bar in India.