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EC3A 8AF
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Catherine Gokah

Work Department
Investment Funds
Position
Catherine Gokah is a partner in the Investment Funds Group in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. She has extensive experience advising fund sponsors with respect to their core fundraising activities across multiple alternative asset classes including infrastructure, real estate and credit.
Career
2023 to present Kirkland & Ellis International LLP; 2018-2023 Ashurst
Education
University of Law (Legal Practice Course; Post-Graduate Diploma in Law); University College London (LL.B.)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
(Next Generation Partners)London > Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
Reputed for its market-leading, wider investment funds offering, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP fields a strong team of solicitors with deep specialist knowledge of the real estate funds market. The team’s international scope is noteworthy, working with a client roster which spans Europe and beyond. Jonathan Tadd is key to the team’s representation of sponsors and investors regarding the structuring, formation, and operation of private real estate funds. Able to advise across various structures and strategies, Paul Sampson continues to help clients raise billions of dollars in commitments from investors. Louisa Cobbe complements the practice with her substantial knowledge of co-investment and joint venture structures. Catherine Gokah‘s portfolio of work includes infrastructure, real estate, and debt classes. Alan Skerritt left the practice in October 2023, and Benjamin Harding left for Clifford Chance LLP in April 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate funds London > Investment fund formation and management
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Finance > High yield
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Industry focus > TMT
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium