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Mary Lavelle
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UK 2026
Lawyers profile | UK 2026: Investment Funds: Investor Representation, Investment Funds: Private Equity: Secondaries, Investment Funds: Private Equity
Mary Lavelle
Ranked in 3 Practice Areas
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Band 3

Investment Funds: Investor Representation

UK-wide

1 Years Ranked

3

Band 3

Investment Funds: Private Equity: Secondaries

UK-wide

3 Years Ranked

4

Band 4

Investment Funds: Private Equity

UK-wide

2 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides
Europe 2025

About

Provided by Mary Lavelle

UK

Practice Areas

Mary Lavelle is a partner and Global Co-Head of the Private Funds and Secondaries group. Mary advises a broad range of private capital clients and financial institutions on fund formation and asset management matters, secondary transactions and related liquidity solutions and also represents institutional investors on their fund investments and co-investments. Mary has represented a wide range of investment managers on the establishment of traditional buyout funds, infrastructure and impact-related funds, credit funds and venture capital and growth equity funds, across various geographies, and also advises on related carry and co-investment structures and all regulatory aspects of fund formation. Mary is highly experienced at advising clients on secondary transactions, including fund portfolio sales and “GP-led” restructurings/continuation fund transactions.

Professional Memberships

L.P.C., BPP Law School, England, 2007; M.A., University of Oxford, 2005.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Investment Funds: Private Equity: Secondaries - UK-wide

3
Band 3
Individual Editorial

Mary Lavelle of Freshfields assists investment managers with the full life cycle of funds matters, in addition to fund restructuring, investor representation, venture capital and secondaries transactions.

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Investment Funds: Investor Representation - UK-wide

3
Band 3
Individual Editorial

Mary Lavelle of Freshfields assists investment managers with the full life cycle of funds matters, in addition to fund restructuring, investor representation, venture capital and secondaries transactions.

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Investment Funds: Private Equity - UK-wide

4
Band 4
Individual Editorial

Mary Lavelle of Freshfields assists investment managers with the full life cycle of funds matters, in addition to fund restructuring, investor representation, venture capital and secondaries transactions.

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Strengths

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Mary Lavelle is very sharp, dynamic and commercial.

Investment Funds: Private Equity: Secondaries respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Mary Lavelle's strengths are her speed of response and commercial awareness.

Investment Funds: Private Equity: Secondaries respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Mary Lavelle is very commercial, focused on the long term strategic partnership and understands what is important to us. She is very flexible and dedicated.

Investment Funds: Private Equity: Secondaries respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Mary is very commercial, focused on the long term strategic partnership and understands what is important to us. She is very flexible and dedicated.

Investment Funds: Investor Representation respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Mary is very sharp, dynamic and commercial.

Investment Funds: Investor Representation respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Mary is very responsive, commercially aware and gets us an answer quickly and accurately.

Investment Funds: Investor Representation respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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