Jones Day is a trusted advisor to a major global secondaries manager. The team specialises in secondaries and is actively expanding its fund formation practice. John MacGarty comes highly recommended for his expertise across ‘full spectrum of private equity fund investment, co-investment and secondary investment work’. MacGarty co-heads the team alongside Hannah Rose, who has a steady workflow advising investors on their investments into private equity funds.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Jones Day are spectacular; the amount of senior partner attention they give is unmatched. They took one of the most difficult transactions and made the closing one of the most comfortable there could be.’
  • ‘Hannah Rose is a stand-out partner, with exceptionally clear communication skills.’
  • ‘John MacGarty is very responsive, helpful and willing to go above and beyond to support our business.’

Key clients

  • Pantheon Ventures
  • Adams Street Partners
  • CDPQ
  • Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC
  • True Capital Ltd
  • StepStone
  • Summix Capital
  • Goodstone Living Limited

Work highlights

Advising a global secondaries manager on the formation of European private equity and private credit funds targeting EUR 2 billion in commitments.
Advising an international manager on the formation of its flagship close-ended, pan-European value-add fund targeting EUR 2.5 billion in commitments.
Advised a global secondaries firm on the disposal of interests in over 100 private equity, credit and infrastructure funds managed by 40 GPs.
Practice head

John MacGarty; Hannah Rose