Hall of Fame

The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.

Tim Simmonds

Tim Simmonds

Hall of fameOsborne Clarke LLP

Tim is a leading Investment Funds partner, with a particular focus on real estate and private equity funds. Tim has been the UK Chief Operating Officer since 2023. Tim advises fund managers, service providers and investors on all aspects of investment funds. He has particular expertise in relation to fund raising and acts for both the public and private sectors. Tim is experienced in raising friends and family money for start-up ventures, through complex joint ventures to widely held, global investment funds. Please see full biography at osborneclarke.com/lawyers/tim-simmonds/

Rising stars

Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Next Generation Partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Louisa Cobbe

Louisa Cobbe

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Louisa Cobbe is an investment funds partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Louisa advises a wide range of industry stakeholders on the establishment and operation of funds and other co-investment arrangements, with a primary focus on the real estate sector.

Benjamin Harding

Benjamin Harding

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Benjamin Harding is an investment funds partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Benjamin primarily advises private investment fund sponsors in relation to the structuring and establishment of investment arrangements across a broad range of alternative investment strategies, with particular focus on real estate and infrastructure. Benjamin advises on a wide range of investment arrangements. In addition to traditional fund structures, he routinely advises on consortia, separately managed accounts, co-investments and joint ventures. He advises throughout the entire life cycle of an investment arrangement. Benjamin has addressed a broad range of other transactions relating to private investment funds including secondary transactions, associated carried interest and co-investment plans, fund restructurings and the acquisition and disposal of underlying fund assets.

Paul Sampson

Paul Sampson

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Paul is an investment funds partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Paul represents sponsors and institutional investors in relation to the structuring, formation and operation of private investment funds with a focus on real assets, including infrastructure, transportation and real estate.

Alan  Skerritt

Alan Skerritt

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Alan Skerritt is an investment funds partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Alan principally advises private equity sponsors and investment managers on the establishment and operation of closed and open-ended funds, co-investments and joint ventures in the real estate sector.

Leading individuals

The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Nigel Farr

Hall of fameHerbert Smith Freehills LLP

Nigel specialises in investment fund work. Acting for asset managers, the funds they manage and investment banks and brokers, he has been involved in numerous London and Euronext listed public fund launches, secondary capital raisings, takeovers, proxy battles, capital reorganisations and reconstructions. He also handles private fund formation work. Nigel has extensive experience of a wide variety of fund structures and asset classes, including real estate, infrastructure, private equity, hedge fund and other investment strategies. His practice also includes regulatory and other advisory work for asset managers, the funds under their management and their boards of directors and institutional investors.

Nicholas Holman

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Nick Holman co-leads our Investment Funds Group and is proud that he has spent his entire professional career at the firm. Nick has extensive experience across a broad range of alternative investment funds, and advises both fund managers and institutional investors. He is also recognized widely for his work on the launches of infrastructure, private equity and credit/debt funds.Nick is very focused on ensuring that both he and his team provide thoughtful advice that is tailored for each situation. He is immersed in the funds industry, advising fund associations in both the US and UK on a range of business-critical matters. He is often asked to impart his detailed knowledge and experience by speaking at key industry conferences and seminars, both nationally and globally.

Matthew Keogh

Linklaters LLP

Matt is the Global Head of Linklaters’ Investment Management Group. He advises on all aspects of private institutional investment products and transactions. Matt acts for both sponsors and investors and his experience covers the structuring and management of funds and managed accounts investing in illiquid assets, particularly in real estate, private equity and credit. He also has experience in private equity style joint ventures and equity syndication, fund equity and debt financing (acting for both sponsors and banks), M&A related to independent and captive investment operations and secondary disposals of fund interests.Work highlights:Matt has led on a wide range of complex investment fund transactions. These include advising: Macquarie Bank on the raising of a number of infrastructure debt funds Deutsche Bank Private Equity on a range of private equity secondaries and private equity funds a large Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund on the disposal of a US$2bn portfolio of private equity interests CBRE on its latest value add European real estate fund, Alinda on the European sleeve of its latest infrastructure fund, Alcentra, the European leader in leveraged loans, on the establishment of the Alcentra Special Situations Fund; an international investment bank on the establishment of its real estate and private markets investment clubs Aviva Investors Global Services Limited on the raising of a European alternative energy fund and a Tokyo property fund a range of cornerstone investors from North America and the Middle East on their investment into market leading European private equity and credit funds and a large middle eastern sovereign wealth fund on the disposition of a US$2bn portfolio of private equity interests.

Jonathan Tadd

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Jonathan Tadd is an investment funds partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Jonathan represents sponsors and investors in relation to the structuring, formation and operation of private funds with a focus on real estate funds, club arrangements and joint ventures. He has a broad range of experience across asset classes advising on blind-pool and open-ended structures, co-investment and carried interest arrangements and other private equity transactions such as restructurings, managed accounts, management team spin-outs, first time funds and liquidity solutions.