Investment fund formation and management • United States
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
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Barrie Covit
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, United States
- Phone+1-212-455-3141
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Corporate/Private Funds/Investment Funds
Position
Focuses on alternative asset management. Has represented some of the largest and best known sponsors of private equity funds including Carlyle, KKR, BlackRock, J.C. Flowers, Lexington Partners and Corsair Capital. He has represented sponsors of funds that focus on investments in specific asset classes—including energy, financial services and the secondary market—throughout the world, including in Western Europe, South Africa and Brazil. Mr. Covit represented the United States Treasury Department in connection with the establishment of its $30 billion Public-Private Investment Program to purchase legacy assets from financial institutions.
Career
Joined firm, 1998; Partner, 2007.
Education
Columbia Law School (JD 1998); Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; McGill University (BC 1995); James McGill Scholar.