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Mr Rajib Chanda

+1-202-636-5543 rajib.chanda@stblaw.com

Work Department

Corporate/Registered Funds/Investment Funds

Position

Hailed as a “Trailblazer” by the American Lawyer for his legal contributions to the democratization of access by ordinary investors to private markets investments, Rajib heads Simpson Thacher’s Registered Funds practice and is Co-Managing Partner of the Washington, D.C. office. Rajib has helped design investment products that have been publicly referred to as “revolutionary,” “category-killing” and “the fund innovation of the year.” Rajib also advises firms on M&A transactions in the asset management industry (acquisitions, minority investments and joint ventures). Rajib regularly represents the leading asset management firms in the US, including recent representations of Angelo Gordon, Apollo, BC Partners, Blackstone, Blue Owl, Carlyle, Cohen & Steers, Coller Capital, Golub Associates, JPMorgan Asset Management, KKR, New Mountain, Onex Credit, Sixth Street Partners and SkyBridge Capital, among many others.

Career

Partner at Simpson Thacher since 2014. Washington, D.C. office Co-Managing Partner; Chair of Partner Development Committee; former DC office Administrative Partner, firm Hiring Partner and Co-Chair of Diversity Committee. Previously at Ropes & Gray (Associate, 2001-2009, Partner 2009-2014).

Memberships

Advisory Board, Mutual Fund Directors Forum

Member, ABA Task Force on Fund Directors

Member, Fund Board Views’ Editorial Think Tank

Member, Fund Directions’ Advisory Board

Board Member, National Symphony Orchestra

Board Member, National Homelessness Law Center

National Board Member, Compass Pro Bono

Education

Brown University, A.B., 1997 (honors); Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2000.