Philippe Benedict

Practice Areas

Philippe focuses on the tax aspects of investment funds, mergers and acquisitions, international transactions, real estate transactions and financial instruments.

Philippe has advised on many major transactions involving sales or spinoffs of investment fund managers, including Senator Investment Group LP’s sale of a minority stake to The Blackstone Group LP, Caxton Associates LP’s sale of a minority interest to the Petershill II Fund affiliated with the Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and Credit Suisse’s sale of Strategic Partners to The Blackstone Group LP.

He advises on the tax aspects of securitizations, including his recent representation of affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC and affiliates of AGL in the securitization of their leveraged facilities.

Philippe has also advised multiple alternative asset managers on the formation and structuring of funds, including Engineers Gate with the launch of a quant fund, Clearfield Capital with the launch of a hedge fund, Warlander Asset Management LP, AGL, Piney Lake and MGG with the launch of credit funds, and D1 Capital Partners in the formation of a new fund; Junto Capital Management LP on the launch of Junto Capital Partners LP and Junto Offshore Fund Ltd.; Trian Fund Management LP on all aspects of launching new co-investment hedge funds; Sachem Head Capital Management LP with the launch of hedge funds and the establishment of long/short equity funds; and Capstone Investment Advisors LLC, JANA Partners, MKP Capital Management LLC and Scopia Fund Management LLC in their respective sales of a passive minority interest to Neuberger Berman Group-managed private equity fund Dyal Capital Partners. He also advised Bardin Hill Investment Partners in its succession plan.

Personal

New York University School of Law, LL.M., 1993

New York University School of Law, J.D., 1990

Adelphi University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1985