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Proskauer Rose LLP
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036-8299
NEW YORK
United States
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Work Department

Private Investment Funds

Position

Chip Parsons is a partner in Proskauer’s market-leading Private Funds Group and was co-head of that practice for several years. He also served as co-chair of the Firm’s Corporate Department from 2018 to 2024 and is currently a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee.

Chip has more than 20 years of experience advising financial institutions and fund sponsors on a broad range of matters. He regularly advises clients on the organization, raising and ongoing operation of credit funds (including distressed credit funds), private equity funds, real estate funds and a variety of types of funds of funds.

Chip represents a wide range of private fund clients, from large financial institutions to newly formed asset managers. His clients include Almanac Realty Investors, AllianceBernstein, Ares Management, DFW Capital, Global Infrastructure Partners, JP Morgan, Radian Capital and Thoma Bravo.

Lawyer Rankings

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

Proskauer Rose LLP‘s private investment funds practice is praised by clients for its ‘deep bench and terrific expertise on both fund formation and regulatory work’. The team advises on the structuring and maintenance of private funds, among which are buyout, growth equity, credit and funds of funds, as well as having a particular strength in secondaries transactions and expertise across related tax and regulatory matters. Monica Arora and Howard Beber jointly lead the US based private funds group, with the former being based in New York and specializing on sponsor side advice to funds across diverse asset classes while the latter sits in Boston and focuses on private fund formation, secondaries transactions, including GP-led transactions. Other key names in Boston include venture capital and growth equity fund formation expert Robin Painter, David Tegeler, who is well versed in secondaries transactions and asset manager M&A deals and secondary fund liquidity solutions specialist Mike Suppappola. Credit funds specialist Chip Parsons and secondaries attorney Christopher Robinson are key members of the team based in New York.