DLA Piper LLP (US) is especially active on the investor side often assisting global institutional investors as clients, and counts large pension funds as key clients. Funds across infrastructure, energy and real estate fund, often advising on fund agreements. Nicole Brennig and David Parrish in Austin, as well as Jesse Criz and John Cusack in Chicago, lead the group, with a wealth of experience in the full gamut of private equity investment. Parrish and Brennig are especially key for alternative investments, while Criz stands out for real estate investment fund formation assistance, another point of distinction for the group. Finally, Allen Ashley in Chicago is key for tax issues related to the operation of funds such as REITs.
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Key clients
- Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association
- California State Teachers' Retirement System [CalSTRS]
- Summation Capital Management LP
- Permanent Capital Ventures, LLC
- Hayfin Capital Management LLP
- Dental Innovation Alliance
- Renovus Capital Partners
- MC Credit Partners LP
- Cresset Partners
- Pioneer Fund Management Corp
Work highlights
Advised the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) on the sale of a portfolio of 17 fund interests representing approximately US$1.5 billion in transaction value in a mosaic-solution secondary sale to three buying groups with a deferred purchase price.
Represented Hamilton Lane as lead fund formation counsel in the formation, through final closing, of Hamilton Lane Venture Access Fund I.
Represented CalSTRS in the transition of a portfolio of investment vehicles to Sapphire Partners from Invesco and the establishment of a new relationship with Sapphire to invest in new and next-generation VC managers.
Lawyers
Practice head
Nicole J. E. Brennig; Jesse A. Criz; John T. Cusack; David B. Parrish