Alpa Patel

Practice Areas

Alpa Patel is a partner in the Investment Funds Regulatory Solutions Group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Washington, D.C. Ms. Patel’s practice focuses on counseling U.S. and non-U.S. investment advisers and family offices on a broad range of compliance, regulatory, and legal matters affecting private funds. Ms. Patel counsels some of the largest, most sophisticated asset management firms in the world on issues related to the registration, structure, and operations of their advisory businesses and navigating complex SEC examinations and enforcement investigations. She provides counsel to all types of investment advisers and their vehicles, including private equity funds, venture capital funds, credit funds, hedge funds, and real estate funds.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Ms. Patel served as Branch Chief of the Private Funds Branch of the Investment Adviser Regulation Office in the SEC’s Division of Investment Management in Washington, D.C. In that role, she was a key adviser on all private fund-related projects and priorities across the SEC and represented the SEC on various interagency projects, including matters related to the Financial Stability Oversight Council.