Blake Halperin

Blake Halperin is a partner in Proskauer's Private Funds Group. He primarily focuses his practice on representing buyers and sellers, as well as private fund sponsors, in connection with complex secondary transactions, including traditional sales and purchases of fund interests as well as GP-Led transactions, including but not limited to, continuation funds, preferred financings and “stapled” secondary transactions.

In addition, he regularly represents U.S. and non-U.S. institutional investors in their primary investments and co-investment opportunities in private investment funds, including buyout, energy, credit, mezzanine, healthcare, real estate, venture capital, special situation and secondary funds, as well as separate and other managed accounts.

Blake also represents asset managers in all aspects of their business and operations, with a particular focus on fund formation and day-to-day operational and regulatory matters.

Blake has significant experience with a diverse group of private investment firms and select representative sponsor clients include Acorn Capital, Accel KKR, Anchorage Capital Advisors, Avego Healthcare Capital, Axle Point Capital, Catalyst Investors, Core Capital Partners, DFW Capital Partners, Forest Investment Associates, ForgeLight, GEC, Globespan Capital Partners, Greycroft Partners, Heritage Holding, Lateral Investment Management, Melkonian Capital Management, Method Advisors, New Leaf Venture Partners, Palladium Equity Partners, Summer Street Capital Partners, SV Health Investors, The Raine Group, Transom Capital Group, and WestCap, among others.

Blake also represents some of the most active secondary investors in the market, and select “buy-side” clients include 50 South Capital, Apollo Global Management (Sponsor and Secondary Solutions/S3), Ares Management (Credit Secondaries), Arena Investors, Arrowhead Management, Banner Ridge Partners, Blackstone (Strategic Partners), Commonfund Capital, CPP Investments (CPPIB), Dawson Partners, FlowStone Partners, GIC, HarbourVest Partners, Hollyport Capital, HPS Investment Partners, Lexington Partners, New Vintage Partners, Painswick Capital, Schroders, and Timber Bay Partners, among others.