Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Corporate, asset management, private acquisitions and private equity

Richard Ansbacher is a corporate partner resident in Washington, DC. Mr. Ansbacher has spent over 25 years on the formation and structuring of international and domestic investments and advising clients with regard to other aspects of asset management. He has extensive experience in global private equity funds, and has represented fund sponsors regarding regulatory compliance, tax structuring, employee compensation and general corporate matters. Mr. Ansbacher has also represented sponsors of and cornerstone investors in the formation of hedge funds, real estate funds, various types of "hybrid" funds, funds-of-funds and investment management companies.

Mr. Ansbacher regularly works on various fund products, fund investments and fund-related transactions for Permira, Neuberger Berman, (including Dyal, Almanac and the Private Credit Groups), BlackRock, Goldman Sachs (including as placement agent for third-party funds), Point72, BentallGreenOak, Orangewood, and SquareMile.

Outside of his regular client representations, Mr. Ansbacher served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law School from 2014 to 2019, and regularly teaches as part of the Operation Hope Entrepreneurship Training Program.

Mr. Ansbacher received his LLM from New York University School of Law in 1984, his JD from the University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law in 1983 (cum laude, Editor, Law Review, Order of the Coif) and his BS from the University of Florida in 1979 (cum laude)