Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Investment Management

David Schwartz is a corporate partner in the Investment Management Group and a leader in the firm’s Alternative Assets Transactions and Liquidity Solutions Group. He is also a member of the Private Equity Group. Mr. Schwartz represents sponsors of, and institutional investors in, private investment funds, including buyout, emerging markets, funds of funds, infrastructure, real estate and venture capital funds, as well as separate and other managed accounts. He also advises sponsors and investors in connection with complex secondary transactions, including traditional sales and purchases of fund interests, listed fund transactions, secondary direct transactions, “manager for hire” arrangements, synthetic secondaries, “stapled” primary and secondary transactions and fund recapitalizations and restructurings. Mr. Schwartz represents numerous private equity clients, including Capital International, Ford Foundation, HarbourVest Partners, Morgan Stanley and major sovereign wealth funds.

David Schwartz’s publications include “Private Equity’s Long Tail – Considerations For Private Equity Managers And Investors Facing Fund Life Extensions,” Credit Suisse Group AG (January, 2015) and “Acquiring Listed Funds of Funds,” Secondaries Investor (October, 2014).

Mr. Schwartz attended the University of Michigan where he received his J.D magna cum laude in 1979 and his A.B. with high distinction in 1975.