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Ms Susan Burkhardt

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Work Department

Funds & Investment Management

Position

Susan Burkhardt is a partner in Clifford Chance’s Funds and Investment Management group, based in New York. Susan Burkhardt’s practice focuses on the formation of, and ongoing advice to, various types of private investment funds, accounts and structures across strategies, with a primary focus on credit and private equity.

Over the course of her career Susan has advised on the legal and commercial aspects of new fund product launches, including funds-of-one, separately managed accounts, flagship and overflow accounts, and customized and strategic multi-strategy arrangements, including developing of terms, addressing marketability considerations, conducting cost-benefit analyses, and managing structuring issues, product documentation, and negotiations with leading institutional investors across the globe.

Career

Managing Director, Legal and Compliance at GSO Capital Partners/The Blackstone Group 2013

Chief Compliance Officer at GSO Capital Partners/The Blackstone Group 2018

Managing Director, Client & Product Solutions Group, Head of New Product Structuring at Apollo Global Management 2019

Partner, Clifford Chance, 2021

Education

University Of Notre Dame (B.S.) 1996
University Of Virginia School Of Law (J.D.) 2001
Law Clerk for The Honorable J. Clifford Wallace, Senior Circuit Judge, Chief Judge Emeritus, U.S. Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit, San Diego, CA 2001
Admitted as an attorney in New York 2011

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)

Kirkland & Ellis LLP runs an extremely active, high-volume fund formation practice which is turned to by a varied client base of flagship funds across middle-market and smaller businesses, as well as leading private equity firms and international investors. The group offers a comprehensive fund formation and investment management practice within which the group’s work on GP-led secondaries and continuation funds is a point of distinction, having represented several sponsors on closings of continuation vehicles in 2024. This is an area of strength for Daniel Lavon-Krein, who is co-head of the firm’s strategic GP practice and leads the overall team alongside Erica Berthou. As well as European-focused funds, Berthou has significant experience with emerging markets fund formation, covering all major emerging markets. Lavon-Krein focuses on complex minority investments in existing firms, a strength of the wider group, as well as being heavily involved in control and strategic transactions. Elsewhere, Katrina Rowe‘s fund formation practice is notably broad, encompassing compliance and regulatory work, so she is key team member in this regard. Sean Malone is key on the transactional side, often advising private equity sponsors on minority investment transactions. Andrew Wright is a veteran when it comes to assisting fund sponsors and a range of industry sector related funds, while Katie St. Peters in Chicago is trusted by leading global asset managers. Susan Burkhardt joined the firm from Clifford Chance in April 2025. All named lawyers are based in New York unless stated otherwise.

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