Leor Landa
Head of Investment Management. Advises on the formation and operation of private funds and complex secondary transactions, as well as on related regulatory matters.
Leor is the head of our Investment Management practice. He advises a wide range of clients on the formation and operation of private investment funds, including private equity funds, hedge funds, credit funds, secondary funds, real estate funds, funds of funds and advisory platforms.
He is widely recognized as a leading adviser for complicated secondary transactions, regularly advising some of the most active buy-side players and major sponsor clients in the secondaries market. He has structured and steered some of the most complex and innovative transactions in the industry.
Leor has deep experience advising on acquisitions, dispositions, seeds and spinouts of investment advisers. He also represents several large institutional investors that invest in private funds and regularly provides regulatory and compliance advice to his private fund clients.
Leor is recognized by Chambers USA across multiple investment management disciplines, including Fund Formation, Secondaries, Hedge Funds and Fund Regulatory and Compliance. Clients quoted by Chambers say ”Leor is one of the leading investment management and private funds lawyers in the industry. He combines a commitment to his clients with expertise and commercial insight.”
Experience
- Morgan Stanley AIP in connection with a $2.5 billion secondaries fund focused on single asset GP-led transactions
- Rialto Capital in connection with a joint venture with Blackstone to acquire pools of Signature Bank loans from the FDIC
- Leading real estate secondary sponsor in connection with a $1.5 billion real estate secondary fundraise
- GrowthCurve Capital on its launch and in connection with the $1.4 billion fundraise for its first fund, GrowthCurve Capital Partners I, and related co-investment vehicles
- GrowthCurve Capital on formation and sale of interests in multiple single asset co-investment vehicles
- Reverence Capital Partners in connection with the $1.25 billion fund raise of its second buyout fund, Reverence Capital Partners Opportunities Fund II
- Varagon Capital Partners in connection with a potential buyout of a minority interest in the Varagon business by a strategic partner and a related $3 billion investment
- A global bank’s alternative investment group in connection with multiple single-asset or concentrated GP-led secondaries and LP portfolio sales
- A global bank’s alternative investment group in various private fundraisings
- Coller Capital on multiple GP-led secondaries
- Avenue Capital on the formation of multiple credit funds
- Alphadyne on the development of new investment funds and structures
- Passport Capital on the formation of several digital currency funds
- Baron Capital on launching several innovative fund products
- RoundTable Healthcare Partners on the formation of RoundTable Healthcare Partners VI, an $800 million fund
- PJT Partners on its joint venture with Nasdaq Private Market, a business of Nasdaq, Inc., to provide enhanced execution capabilities for general GP-led secondary transactions
- Blackstone on the formation of Strategic Partners Fund VII, L.P., a $7.5 billion secondaries fund focused on generating attractive, risk-adjusted returns by acquiring portfolios of high-quality private equity interests and co-investments
- Czech Asset Management on the formation of the SJC Direct Lending Fund III complex, a $1.8 billion direct lending fund
- Amberjack Capital Partners on multiple GP-led secondaries and continuation fund formation
Insights
News
Recognition
Chambers USA and Global – Private Equity: Fund Formation, Band 1
Chambers USA – Hedge Funds, Band 1
Chambers USA – Private Equity: Secondaries, Band 1
Legal 500 U.S. – Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital), Hall of Fame
IFLR1000 – Private Equity Funds, United States, Market Leader
IFLR1000 – Hedge Funds, United States, Market Leader
IFLR1000 – Investment Funds, United States, Market Leader
IFLR1000 – Private Equity, United States, Market Leader
IFLR1000 – M&A, United States, Market Leader
Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) – Private Funds: Formation, Global Elite Thought Leader; Private Funds: Regulatory, Thought Leader
Expert Guides – “Best of the Best USA,” Investment Funds; Banking, Finance and Transactional
Education
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
Clerkships
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York