Jones Day advises both fund sponsors and institutional investors on fund formation and maintenance across leveraged buyouts, real estate, infrastructure, venture capital and private credit assets, often in a cross-border capacity. Chicago based Michael Earley oversees the department and handles fund structuring, portfolio investments, secondaries transactions as well as co-investments for private funds clients. In Chicago are real estate private equity partner Trisha Mowbray and Jessica Thwing, who focuses on transactions for investment funds and their investors. Anna Moscioni and Thomas Devaney are further key funds lawyers to note and are based in the Cleveland and New York offices respectively.

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Key clients

  • The Riverside Company
  • Mill Creek Residential Trust LLC
  • Morgenthaler Private Equity
  • Prophet Capital Asset Management
  • Adams Street Partners
  • Creative Wealth Media
  • NW1 Partners US, LLC
  • Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
  • NOVA Infrastructure Management, LLC

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Michael Earley