Matt Posthuma

Partner
Chicago
About

Matt Posthuma focuses on the formation of private investment funds. Matt forms strategic relationships with real estate companies, asset managers, and financial institutions to create thoughtful solutions for their fundraising and investment needs.

He helps sponsors with open- and closed-end funds in a wide range of investment strategies, such as real estate (including core, value-add, and opportunistic), private equity, infrastructure, credit, hedge, and other alternative asset classes. He also works with clients on separate accounts, co-invests, joint ventures, club deals, and other investment transactions.

Matt collaborates with asset managers who invest around the world, with a particular emphasis on funds and other investments in Brazil, Mexico, and other parts of Latin America.

Areas of FocusInvestment Management and FundsFinancial ServicesReal Estate
Bar admissionsIllinois
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English

AWARDS

  • Recognized, Capital Markets Latin America's Top 100 Lawyers, Latinvex, (2020 – 2025)
Education
  • J.D., Harvard Law School
    cum laude
  • A.B., Mathematics, University of Michigan
    summa cum laude

Publications

  • Author, "Key Limited Partnership Provisions During Market Downturns," Law360, June 7, 2023

Seminars

  • Speaker, "Real Estate Fund Market & Liquidity Expectations for 2025," Winter Forum on Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing, January 22, 2025
  • Speaker, "Structuring Private Real Estate Funds: Legal, Tax and Commercial Perspectives," Strafford Webinar, September 25, 2024
  • Speaker, "Fundraising Best Practices for Small-Medium-Sized Funds," Winter Forum on Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing, January 18, 2024
  • Speaker, "Advanced Issues in Fund Structuring and Transaction Security," Fund Finance Association University 2.0, October 5, 2023
  • Speaker, "Private Fund Side Letters," Strafford Webinar, July 18, 2023

Media Mentions

  • Mentioned, "Blue Vista, UBS, Extra Space Start $600M Self-Storage Venture," Law360, November 19, 2025
  • Mentioned, "DLA Piper Adds Partner To Investment Funds Practice," Law360, April 18, 2025
  • Quoted, "Distress, Opportunistic Fundraising Dries Up With Deals Failing To Materialize," Bisnow, November 19, 2024
  • Quoted, "Real Estate Debt Managers Mobilize for 'Gap Capital' Deals," FundFire, August 28, 2024
  • Quoted, "Higher rate cycle dragging down capital formation, deployment," PERE Credit, August 12, 2024
  • Quoted, "Real Estate Fundraising Charts Slow Recovery," Law360, July 10, 2024
  • Quoted, "Fund formation law firms see increasing customization," PERE, April 1, 2024

Prior Experience

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Matt was a real estate funds partner in the asset management practice of another major Am Law 50 international law firm.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Member, Legal/Regulatory Committee, Pension Real Estate Association
  • Board of Trustees, Village of Hinsdale

My latest insights

News

DLA Piper welcomes Matt Posthuma to the Investment Funds Practice

16 April 2025 .2 minute read

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Phone

+1 312 368 4060
(Work, Chicago)