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Matthew Keogh

Matthew Keogh

UK 2026

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Ranked in 3 practice areas

Investment Funds: Private Equity: Credit Funds

UK-wide

6 years ranked

Investment Funds: Real Estate

UK-wide

7 years ranked

Investment Funds: Private Equity

UK-wide

8 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Matt is a Partner in Linklaters’ Investment Funds practice and acts for a range of leading sponsors and institutional cornerstone investors. His experience covers the structuring and management of funds and managed accounts investing in illiquid assets, particularly in private credit, real estate, private equity and infrastructure. He also has experience in private equity style joint ventures, fund finance, asset management M&A and secondary disposal of fund interests.

Matt also has helped pioneer the European private funds market’s focus on private wealth, helping build both the iCapial and S64 businesses in Europe as well as acting for sponsors raising semi liquid side by side funds.

Matt’s investor practice covers a range private funds spectrum including private equity (large cap, buyout, venture and growth), real estate (core, value-add and opportunistic), debt (direct lending, mezzanine and special situations), infrastructure and natural resources.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Investment Funds: Private Equity: Credit Funds - UK-wide

Band 1
Individual Editorial

Matthew Keogh has a broad private funds practice that covers private equity, debt, venture capital and real estate funds. As well as acting for sponsors, he also acts for investors such as sovereign wealth and pension funds.

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Investment Funds: Real Estate - UK-wide

Band 2
Individual Editorial

Matthew Keogh has a broad private funds practice that covers private equity, debt, venture capital and real estate funds. As well as acting for sponsors, he also acts for investors such as sovereign wealth and pension funds.

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Investment Funds: Private Equity - UK-wide

Band 3
Individual Editorial

Matthew Keogh has a broad private funds practice that covers private equity, debt, venture capital and real estate funds. As well as acting for sponsors, he also acts for investors such as sovereign wealth and pension funds.

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Strengths

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  • You can always count on him to provide very calm and balanced advice to us, our clients and counterparties in negotiations.

    Investment Funds: Private Equity: Credit FundsChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

  • Matthew is one of the most impressive partners I've come across in the industry. His commercial awareness and ability to solve complex problems with simple solutions is noteworthy.

    Investment Funds: Private Equity: Credit FundsChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

  • Matthew is extremely commercial and gets business dynamics extremely quickly. He also takes pains to be available to us when needed.

    Investment Funds: Private Equity: Credit FundsChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

  • Matthew's funds knowledge and ability to explain concepts in a clear and intelligible way sets him apart from others in the field.

    Investment Funds: Private Equity: Credit FundsChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

  • Matthew Keogh is the leader in the industry, when it comes to real assets and Luxembourg vehicles. He is the best. He is certainly the go-to in this industry.

    Investment Funds: Private Equity: Credit FundsChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

  • Matthew gives a commercially reasonable answer, as well as balancing the technical, legal side of things.

    Investment Funds: Real EstateChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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