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Edward Sopher is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is co-chair of the Investment Funds Group. Ed’s practice focuses on the establishment and operation of private investment funds, including private equity funds, funds of funds, hedge funds, credit funds and real estate funds. He has extensive experience representing the investment managers and sponsors of these funds, as well as institutional investors, seed investors, placement agents and joint venture partners.
He has also been involved in a wide variety of investment, private equity and financing transactions for his investment fund clients, and leads the firm’s significant practice in secondary transactions, representing some of the world’s largest secondary investment funds in their investment and financing activities, as well as sponsors in GP-led restructurings and recapitalizations. His experience extends to transactions involving investment management firms, including stake investments, spin-outs, acquisitions, financings and joint ventures. Ed also represents investment firms in connection with their partnership and employee profit participation arrangements, and advises on SEC regulatory and other compliance matters.
Ed is consistently featured as a leading lawyer in the area of private fund formation by:
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Ed received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982 and his Master of Arts in 1985 from Cambridge University.
Additional relevant information about Ed includes:
University of Cambridge - 1985 Master of Arts
University of Cambridge - 1982 Bachelor of Arts
England & Wales - Solicitor
New York Bar