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Private Equity: Fund Formation - USA
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Michael Wolitzer is highly proficient in establishing private equity funds including credit and real asset funds.
Michael Wolitzer
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Band 1 : Private Equity: Fund Formation
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Michael Wolitzer
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Head of Investment Funds Practice, focusing on private fund formation and other facets of "alternative asset management." Has represented some of the largest and most well-known sponsors of private investment funds, including AEA, Apax, Ares, Blackstone, Centerbridge, Lexington, Patria, Silver Lake and Sixth Street. Also has represented global financial institutions in the establishment of their employee investment programs; been involved in acquisitions of, and investments in, private investment firms (including minority stakes transactions); and advised buyers, sellers and sponsors with respect to GP-led and other secondary private fund transactions.
Career
Partner, 1998.
Professional Memberships
New York State Bar Association; Private Investment Fund Forum; PLC Cross-border Private Equity Handbook, Editorial Board; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bar Association.
Personal
J.D., Columbia Law School, 1989 (James Kent Scholar; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar); A.B., Duke University, 1986 (magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa).
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