Corporate, Asset Management, Private Acquisitions and Private Equity

Russel G. Perkins is a partner in the Corporate Department and Asset Management Practice, resident in the Firm’s New York office. Mr. Perkins’ practice is focused on a wide variety of fund formation, governance and compliance issues relating to private credit funds, hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate funds, funds of funds, secondaries funds and other private funds. He has extensive experience representing fund sponsors, asset managers and institutional investors in all stages of private funds, including managed accounts and other investment vehicles, both domestically and internationally. Additionally, he counsels clients in connection with venture capital and M&A transactions, with a particular focus on investment manager seed, joint venture and spinout transactions. Mr. Perkins also regularly advises on issues relating to the Investment Advisers Act, the Investment Company Act, the Securities Act and ERISA.

Mr. Perkins has devoted a significant amount of time to pro bono work, including social impact funds and the Innocence Project.

Mr. Perkins joined the Firm in 2021. Prior to joining Fried Frank, he was a partner at an international law firm.

Mr. Perkins received his JD from University of Virginia School of Law in 2000, where he was the Articles Review Editor for Virginia Law Review. He received his BA, cum laude, from Harvard University in 1997.