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Ms Lorna Bowen
Work Department
Investment Management
Position
Lorna Bowen, Chair of the U.S. Investment Management Group, is a corporate partner based in Debevoise’s New York office. Her practice focuses on advising international asset managers on the establishment and operation of private fund products across the alternative fund spectrum, including private credit, distressed debt, infrastructure, private equity and other products in the illiquid closed-end fund space, funds of funds and alternative open-end fund products.
Ms. Bowen’s practice also has an emphasis on the development of tailored investment platforms and structured solutions for strategic institutional investors. She has experience in a wide range of corporate transactions in the sector, seeding/start-up financing deals, joint ventures and co-investments.
Ms. Bowen is recommended by Chambers Global (2023) and Chambers USA (2023), where sources highlight her “depth and breadth” in the private equity funds space, noting that she has “great checks on emerging issues.” She has also been described as “technically savvy” with “a great mind for complexity.” She receives further praise from clients who have said that she is “very commercial and solution-oriented,” and “a terrific and responsive lawyer” who is “very astute at getting to the nub of the issue.” The guides have described her as “smart, practical, expeditious and well respected” and “an excellent lawyer, on top of her brief and very focused on getting the result her client wants.” Ms. Bowen is also recognized by IFLR1000 (2022).
Ms. Bowen joined the firm in 2019. She received a Bachelor of Civil Law (Euro Legal Studies) from University College Dublin (Université de Rouen) and is admitted to the New York Bar. She is also admitted as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
The ‘sophisticated offering‘ in private equity funds at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is ‘particularly well-placed to provide expert support to clients across geographies and practice areas‘ and features a well-established fund formation team, as well as an investor-side practice that acts for institutional investors in private funds. Based in New York, Rebecca Silberstein and Lorna Bowen oversee the firm’s asset management practice globally and domestically, respectively, and head of the investor-side practice Jane Engelhardt focuses on representing clients in primary investments and secondary transactions. Jonathan Adler and Jason Auerbach are both recommended as ‘standout partners‘, and Justin Storms is another key name in New York, acting for several leading asset managers. The department also has representation at its Washington DC office, where Marc Ponchione heads the firm’s US investment management regulatory practice; and in San Francisco, where counsel Joe Binder and Andrew Ahern spearhead the offering to West Coast clients.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)