Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Client SatisfactionLawyers
Rajib Chanda
- Phone+1-202-636-5543
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Corporate/Registered Funds/Investment Funds
Position
Hailed as a “Trailblazer” by the American Lawyer for his legal contributions to the democratization of access by ordinary investors to private markets investments, Rajib helps asset management firms design, develop and structure investment products. Rajib heads Simpson Thacher’s Registered Funds practice, which has over 75 lawyers globally. Rajib regularly represents the leading asset management firms in the world., including recent representations of Apollo, Artisan Partners, BC Partners, Benefit Street, Blackstone, Blue Owl, Carlyle, Cohen & Steers, Coller Capital, Diameter Capital, First Eagle, Golub, HarbourVest, Irradiant Partners, JPMorgan Asset Management, KKR, Lexington Partners, Morgan Stanley, New Mountain, Onex Credit, Sixth Street Partners, SkyBridge Capital, Starwood Capital Group and TPG Angelo Gordon, among many others.
Career
Partner at Simpson Thacher since 2014. Washington, D.C. office Co-Managing Partner; Chair of Partner Development Committee; former firm Hiring Partner and Co-Chair of Diversity Committee. Previously at Ropes & Gray (Associate, 2001-2009, Partner 2009-2014).
Memberships
Advisory Board, Mutual Fund Directors Forum
Member, ABA Task Force on Fund Directors
Member, Fund Board Views’ Editorial Think Tank
Advisory Board, Fund Directions
Board Member, National Symphony Orchestra
National Board Member, Compass Pro Bono
Education
Brown University, A.B., 1997 (honors); Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2000.