Profile
Work Department
Position
Daniel Quinn is a partner in Akin’s investment funds group. He has extensive experience advising private equity funds, and their investors, on a wide range of investment funds work. Daniel has advised fund managers across the private equity, credit, and infrastructure sectors in both established and developing markets. In addition, Daniel is a market-leading adviser on secondary transactions having been lead adviser on the largest unsyndicated secondary deal, and the largest GP-led restructuring to date. Daniel also acts for investors in funds, regularly counselling sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, government agencies and others on various aspects of their investment program including participation in funds, co-investments and managed accounts.
To learn more about Mr Quinn, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/daniel-quinn.html
Memberships
Education
DLP, University of Edinburgh, 1999; LL.B., University of Edinburgh, 1998.
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Testimonials
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- ‘This practice has been excellent to work with. There is very strong collaboration across the team. The team is quick to identify potential yellow/red flags, then addresses these efficiently and effectively.'
‘Simon Ellis has been excellent to work with and stands out vs. competitors. His communication, responsiveness and understanding of a situation has helped tremendously on multiple complex legal processes.'
‘Deep and broad PE and secondary funds team. Dedicated and hardworking. Strong client focus.’
‘Have worked with Simon Ellis for many years. Very solid performance, deep knowledge of PE Fund matters. He runs his team well—very conscientious, hard-working.'
‘A 'secondaries first' team; they can run all parts of a secondary transaction.’
‘Qasam Mahmood is calm and perseveres to get the deal over the line. Benedict Watson will always come up with a creative solution and has the charm to overcome the most challenging and prickly counterparties.’
‘Daniel Quinn is responsive and invested. Qasam Mahmood is hardworking and commercial. Ben Watson is thoughtful, with strong attention to detail. Chris Jeanes is hardworking and thorough.’
Key clients
- Adelis Equity Partners
- Aliph Capital
- Aliter Capital
- Apollo Global Management
- Coller Capital
- Echo VC Partners
- Everstone
- Expedition Growth Capital
- Glendower Capital
- Government of Singapore Investment Corporation
- Intermediate Capital Group
- KawiSafi Ventures
- Key Capital
- National Trust of Scotland
- Oakfield Capital Partners
- Ocean Fund LP
- Oriens
- Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
- RIT Capital
- Rubicon Partners
- Stratus Group
- Sunridge Partners
- Turkven PE
- Varsity Capital
- Wren House Infrastructure Management