LAWYER PROFILE

Mary Lavelle

UK 2026

Freshfields

Ranked in 3 practice areas

Investment Funds: Investor Representation

UK-wide

1 year ranked

Investment Funds: Private Equity: Secondaries

UK-wide

3 years ranked

Investment Funds: Private Equity

UK-wide

2 years ranked

About

Provided by Freshfields

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

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Investment Funds: Private Equity: Secondaries - UK-wide

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

Band 3

Individual Editorial

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Investment Funds: Private Equity - UK-wide

Band 4

Individual Editorial

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Mary Lavelle is very sharp, dynamic and commercial.
Investment Funds: Private Equity: SecondariesChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Mary Lavelle's strengths are her speed of response and commercial awareness.
Investment Funds: Private Equity: SecondariesChambers 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: SecondariesChambers 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 RepresentationChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Mary is very sharp, dynamic and commercial.
Investment Funds: Investor RepresentationChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Mary is very responsive, commercially aware and gets us an answer quickly and accurately.
Investment Funds: Investor RepresentationChambers Guide to the Legal Profession