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Partner/Co-leader, Investment Funds Practice
John Beals represents public pension funds, funds of funds, and other institutional investors in connection with their investments in leveraged buyout, venture capital, real estate, and debt private equity funds. He also advises fund sponsors in structuring and forming such funds.
I focus my practice on two main areas, leveraging 20 years of experience to help clients structure, negotiate, and close their private equity transactions.
I have represented leading institutional investors in more than 500 investments in leveraged buyout, venture capital, real estate, and debt private equity funds, both domestically and internationally. I have also assisted these clients in negotiating and structuring separate account relationships with private equity fund sponsors. Some of the clients that I have advised in this area include New York State Teachers' Retirement System, State of Oregon, State of New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, and GCM Grosvenor’s Customized Funds Investment Group.
I have broad experience in counseling private equity fund sponsors in connection with their fundraising, and have structured and organized numerous U.S.–based private equity funds and funds of funds. My representation of fund sponsors includes advising them on a variety of matters, including internal management and compensation issues, as well as their fiduciary duties to their limited partner investors.
This article discusses recent SEC amendments to Form PF that require event reporting for large hedge fund and private equity fund advisers, and amend reporting requirements for large private equity fund advisers. The article was written by Corporate partners and Investment Funds practice co-leaders John Beals of Manchester and Benedict Kwon of Los Angeles, and Corporate associates Matt Bobrow of New York City and Marc Zhang of Chicago.
This article discussing requirements and solutions for fund sponsors in the new calendar year was contributed by Corporate partners and Investment Funds practice co-leaders John Beals of Manchester and Benedict Kwon of Los Angeles, and New York City Corporate associate Matt Bobrow of the Investment Funds practice.
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Suffolk University Law School, J.D., magna cum laude
University of New Hampshire, B.S., summa cum laude
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