Jennifer Bellah Maguire > Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP > Los Angeles, United States > Lawyer Profile

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90071-3197
CALIFORNIA
United States

Work Department

Investment Funds

Position

Jennifer Bellah Maguire is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Los Angeles office and is co-chair to the firm’s Investment Funds Group. Jennifer’s practice focuses on private equity fund formation and mergers and acquisitions, including public company transactions and divestitures. She specializes in representing parties to asset manager transactions (investors and sponsors) ranging from seeding new sponsors and General Partner stakes investments to full acquisitions as well as sponsor recapitalizations and restructurings of sponsor firms, including in connection with initial public offerings and other exits.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is well regarded in the private equity funds space and has a wealth of experience advising on the formation of traditional funds, funds of separately managed accounts and co-investment vehicles. The group receives mandates from a diverse client base, among which are leading financial institutions, asset managers, real estate and infrastructure investors as well as family offices and emerging fund sponsors. A trio of practitioners oversee the department: Shukie Grossman and Edward Sopher in New York, who bring with them extensive experience in the formation and operation of private equity funds, alongside Jennifer Bellah Maguire in Los Angeles, who focuses on investor and sponsor side asset manager transactions. Further key names are New York based Roger Singer, who specializes in funds investing in real assets and Bill Thomas in Washington DC, who frequently acts for fund sponsors, institutional investors and joint venture partners. John Senior left the firm in January 2023, while in June 2023 Kevin Bettsteller joined the team from DLA Piper LLP (US), further strengthening the firm’s regulatory expertise.