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Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
Law360 (December 15, 2020, 3:23 PM EST) Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP steered the creation of the direct lending platform Apollo Strategic Origination Partners and secured the dismissal of a suit looking to hold Blackstone accountable for a Kentucky pension fund s losses, earning the firm a spot among Law360 s 2020 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
The seven partners, eight counsel and more than 45 attorneys comprising Paul Weiss private funds group have fueled the firm s involvement in $50 billion in dislocated investment funds since March and bolstered the group s diverse profile working on funds across the spectrum, according to practice group leaders.
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Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Fried Frank
Law360 (December 14, 2020, 3:26 PM EST) Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP guided Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division in the formation of a fund aiming to raise $14 billion and advised BlackRock in the $5.1 billion closing of its largest alternative asset fundraise, earning the firm a spot among Law360 s 2020 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
Lawrence Barshay, the founder and head of Fried Frank s asset management practice, said that since well-known fund managers began leveraging their brands to manage significant amounts of assets following the 2008 financial crisis, the firm has carved out a niche for representing really high-end firms that practice at the.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP represented Global Infrastructure Partners on the closing of its $22 billion investment fund, the largest such fund ever put together, as well as Stone Point Capital on its financial services-focused $7 billion fund, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.