Adrian Leipsic

Adrian Leipsic’s practice focuses on the structuring, formation, and operation of private investment funds.

He has represented sponsors across a broad range of alternative asset classes, including private equity, credit, real estate, infrastructure, secondaries, fund of funds, and digital assets. Adrian’s career has included a significant focus on establishing funds with inventive and unconventional structures, including evergreen and “permanent capital” vehicles across the liquidity spectrum – such as private and public business development companies, long-dated funds, hybrid funds, and other vehicles with novel and complex features. He also advises fund sponsors in connection with negotiating “seed” investments, joint ventures, and other internal arrangements.

Adrian’s representative clients include Blackstone (BXMA), Brookfield, Strategic Partners, and TPG, among others.

Adrian joined the firm in 2006 and became a partner in 2015. Within Cleary Gottlieb, he is responsible for overseeing the firm’s global well-being program. He has chaired the Well-Being Advisory Committee since its inception and has been involved in industry initiatives focused on advancing mental health within the legal profession.