Lara Assaf

Lara Assaf provides creative, commercial and practical advice relating to the alternative investment funds industry to a broad spectrum of institutional investors and private fund sponsors.

Her practice focuses on private fund investments and formations, syndicated and direct co-investments, direct investments, as well as bespoke investment products, including funds of one, opportunity and sidecar funds, joint ventures and other strategic private investment partnerships. Lara offers comprehensive, strategic legal solutions to institutional investors and fund managers across the life cycle of a private fund. She also advises on a variety of fund operations and late-term transactions, including restructurings, continuation funds and other general partner (GP) led transactions.

Lara also has significant corporate and capital market experience, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, energy-related investments and acquisitions, portfolio company formation, offerings of debt and equity securities and federal securities law compliance.