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Clifford Chance Offices
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NEW YORK, NY 10019-6131
NEW YORK
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Mr Daniel Drabkin
Work Department
Funds & Investment Management
Position
Daniel Drabkin is a partner in Clifford Chance’s Funds and Investment Management group, based in New York. Daniel specializes in the representation of sponsors in all aspects of fund formation, structuring, marketing and operating alternative investment funds, with significant experience in real estate, private credit, private equity and fund-of fund strategies. Daniel also represents institutional investors in negotiating LP-side investments into funds, co-investments and other managed accounts, and has significant experience with secondaries transactions (both buy-side and sell-side) involving the purchase and sale of mature fund interests.
Daniel has a broad spectrum of legal experience, having previously worked in-house as corporate counsel to a public real estate and investment management firm.
Career
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 2010
Partner since 2021
Languages
English, French
Education
McGill University (B.A.) 2006
McGill University Faculty of Law (LL.B., B.C.L.) 2009
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
As well as GP-led restructurings and secondary transactions, and a strength in ongoing fundraises for credit funds and large asset managers, Clifford Chance has a strong real estate funds offering. This, in addition to the group’s strength in credit funds matters, such as acquisitions and strategic advice, leaves the group well placed to offer real estate debt funds advice, not only domestically but also globally due to a strong cross-border offering. Secondaries transactions are another area of strength for the firm. Michael Sabin and Clifford Cone head up the team and are also key team members who are well supported by Daniel Drabkin, who is key for the group’s secondary transactions mandates. The group is also proficient in advising on complex multi-strategy funds. Richard Kruger is another key name in the team. All named practitioners are New-York based.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Tax > Financial products
- Tax > Financial products
- Tax > Financial products
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Tax > International tax
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Fintech
- Tax > International tax
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power