Ropes & Gray is a preeminent global law firm with approximately 1,500 lawyers and legal professionals serving clients in major centres of business, finance, technology and government across the United States, Europe and Asia. We are a firm built around the asset management industry, focused on the needs of our clients and able to bring a wealth of cutting-edge industry knowledge to your project. Ropes & Gray has one of the largest and most sophisticated global private investment funds practices. We form and review many hundreds of funds each year, giving us unequaled insight into market terms and developments around the world.

Ropes & Gray London is one of the largest offices in the Ropes & Gray network and the hub of the firm’s EMEA network. As one of London’s leading global law firms for sophisticated private capital investor and provider clients, Ropes & Gray offers all the legal services they need: from fundraising to transactional deal-making and financing, and from antitrust to compliance, data protection, restructuring, real estate, financial regulation and tax. The firm advises some of the world’s largest businesses on their most challenging issues, particularly in the life sciences and healthcare, technology and financial services sectors.

For more than a century, Kirkland has been a steadfast partner to clients around the world in their most complex corporate, litigation, tax, intellectual property and restructuring matters. With each of our core practice groups ranked at the top of its industry, Kirkland is uniquely positioned to provide the highest-quality legal advice across disciplines — delivering tailored, seamless service and exceptional results to our clients and helping their businesses succeed. With environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations increasingly influencing the flow of capital in the global marketplace, Kirkland’s ESG & Impact Group provides clients with sophisticated, multidisciplinary advice and state-of-the-art market intelligence as they navigate the opportunities and challenges related to ESG and impact investing across the investment and operational life cycles. Our ESG & Impact Group advises some of the world’s most sophisticated private equity firms, corporations, and project sponsors and lenders on complex and evolving legal issues relating to environmental, social and governance (ESG) and climate-related regulatory requirements, investor demands, strategic opportunities, and voluntary reporting frameworks and coalitions.

As a global independent fund administrator, we offer best in class combinations of people, process and technology working efficiently throughout the fund design process, implementation and governance. At the heart of our service ethos is the belief that clients are looking for something more than a simple administration service. Operating from key geographies including the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, Jersey, Guernsey, the US and Singapore we have the local knowledge you need across the world

Consistently ranked amongst the top U.S. law firms, Cozen O’Connor is a full-service corporate law firm with 850 attorneys in 32 offices. Cozen’s Health Care & Life Sciences Practice is composed of attorneys with decades of experience focused solely in this industry resulting in the highest quality legal work. We have deep regulatory, reimbursement, pre-transaction due diligence and post-transaction compliance experience and because we’ve been on every side of a deal, we know how to mitigate risk and get deals done efficiently and effectively, delivering significant value to our clients.

Weil has been an active player in the Private Equity industry since its inception, even advising on several matters that helped create today's largest PE firms. As such, the Firm has a well-honed perspective on how private equity has developed over the years. Our longstanding record of success with more than 300 sponsor clients – including each of the 10 largest global private equity funds and 80% of the top 25 largest global private equity funds, as ranked by PEI 300 2023 – speaks volumes for our brand with this important client base.

Since 2007 The Barton Partnership have been a trusted partner to Private Equity funds and their portfolio companies, helping them source transformation and value creation talent, from strategy to execution across the deal lifecycle, through our core offerings of Executive Search, Interim Management and Independent Consulting. We have supported over 50 funds and 300 portfolio companies globally to access talent that has helped drive transformative growth and achieve superior returns for investors.

With widely recognized elite teams in private equity, finance, mergers & acquisitions, restructuring and special situations, litigation, employment, and real estate, Paul Hastings is a premier law firm providing intellectual capital and superior execution globally to the world’s leading investors, investment banks, asset managers, and corporations. Founded in 1951, Paul Hastings has grown strategically to anticipate and respond to our clients' needs in markets across the globe. We have a strong presence throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. We partner with our clients to understand their business and the challenges ahead of them. In the face of transformative change, we help them reimagine what’s possible—and move forward.

BMS is a dynamic, independent, global broker established in 1980, delivering specialist insurance, reinsurance, and capital markets advisory services.

We are a global brand with offices located across the US, Canada, Latin America, Australia, Europe and Asia with both a strong local focus and understanding of market needs.

Our teams are respected globally for their specialist market knowledge, intelligent analysis, insight and understanding.

Our people strive to be ‘the best in class’ and with an innovative approach and their entrepreneurial thinking our clients truly benefit from better solutions to policy development and placement.

Being independent makes a key difference to our clients, giving our brokers the freedom to deliver the best solutions, tailored to meet their business needs.

Coupled with our collaborative team approach, single platform worldwide and renowned personal service, we are the independent broker of choice.

Our global private equity team can help you identify, invest in and transform companies to create more value across your portfolio with confidence , at every step of your transaction lifecycle. What separates the best private equity firms from the rest is their ability to spot the right opportunities, find profitable paths to growth, execute strategies that create more value, and achieve the best possible exit. EY teams can help increase your ability to create differentiated value and maximize return on investment by bringing the skills, technical knowledge, and senior industry expertise you need. We’re ready to assemble and deploy teams of people to work at your side from day one of an assignment. It’s all part of our commitment to the transformative power of private equity.

ICMA promotes well-functioning cross-border capital markets, which are essential to fund sustainable economic growth. It is a not-for-profit membership association with offices in Zurich, London, Paris, Brussels, and Hong Kong, serving over 620 members in 70 jurisdictions globally. Its members include private and public sector issuers, banks and securities dealers, asset and fund managers, insurance companies, law firms, capital market infrastructure providers and central banks. ICMA provides industry-driven standards and recommendations, prioritising three core fixed income market areas: primary, secondary and repo and collateral, with cross-cutting themes of sustainable finance and FinTech and digitalisation. ICMA works with regulatory and governmental authorities, helping to ensure that financial regulation supports stable and efficient capital markets.

Clifford Chance is an international law firm with significant depth and range of resources across five continents. We provide the clarity, insights and expertise you need to create lasting value.

We deliver our private capital clients high quality, practical legal advice and insights on their most complex transactions and their most challenging business matters. Our experience across sectors and jurisdictions means that we advise on the latest deal structures and market practices.

Our global, multi-disciplinary teams collaborate with clients at every step of their investing journey to deliver value that lasts beyond any one transaction. We advise on transactional, regulatory and contentious matters including fund formation and ongoing operations; acquisition financing and deal execution; restructuring; disputes; tax; and antitrust, helping investors to rapidly raise and deploy capital, find creative ways to deliver growth at every stage of the investment lifecycle and outperform the market

Gain.pro is on a mission to provide global private market visibility. Our industry-leading platform combines advanced AI tech with local-for-local research. It delivers the highest quality information on the companies that matter to you most. We serve 100% of MBB/Big-4 advisories, clients representing >$1 trillion of private equity capital and more than 70% of the top-20 global M&A houses.

ECI stands at the forefront of managed services and technology solutions, revolutionizing the alternative investment management industry. Our roots in the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) have positioned us to expand into highly regulated sectors requiring compliant solutions. We excel in cloud, data, and cybersecurity, driving and securing our clients' digital transformations with precision and innovation.

Our portfolio includes managed IT services, compliance solutions, advanced cyber defenses, and data & AI solutions, all designed to unlock our clients' potential. We streamline processes and enhance market agility, ensuring our clients stay ahead in a rapidly evolving landscape.

From hedge funds and private equity to asset management and other industries prioritizing regulatory compliance, our diverse and prestigious client base benefits from our consultative approach and commitment to innovation.

EXL (NASDAQ: EXLS) is a global data and AI company that offers services and solutions to reinvent client business models, drive better outcomes, and unlock growth with speed. EXL harnesses the power of data, analytics, AI, and deep industry knowledge to transform operations for the world’s leading corporations in industries including insurance, healthcare, banking and financial services, media and retail, among others. EXL was founded in 1999 with the core values of innovation, collaboration, excellence, integrity, and respect. We are headquartered in New York and have more than 60,000 employees spanning six continents.

Servicing the needs of the private capital industry is at the core of our firm. In an ever-changing world of diversification in asset classes, regulatory and tax change and increasingly demanding investor requirements private capital managers need advisors that are immersed in the industry, quick to adapt to change and lead the thinking on new developments.We support our clients on meeting new challenges, including setting up new businesses, all of their house requirements, launching new products, adapting to regulatory and tax change, obtaining finance and deploying capital.

Ontra is the global leader in AI legal tech for private markets. Ontra's private markets technology platform streamlines and optimizes critical legal and compliance workflows across the full fund lifecycle. Ontra’s AI-powered solutions automate contracts, streamline obligation management, digitize entity management, and surface insights.

Level 20 is a not-for-profit organisation founded with the aim of improving gender diversity in the private equity industry. women, encourage new female talent to join, and support firms to take practical steps towards effecting change.

Alpha is a leading provider of currency management and account solutions to the alternative investment space. In an industry that typically works with thousands of different organisations, our dedicated team specialises in providing solutions that make a substantial and enduring difference to GPs and their funds. Today we are a £800m+ company listed on the London Stock Exchange and are privileged to be supported by some of the world’s most respected clients and investors.

At KBRA, we aim to establish a higher standard of excellence and integrity regarding credit ratings. Since launching our full-service rating agency in 2010, we have remained committed to restoring consumer confidence in credit ratings. From establishing new standards for risk evaluation to providing timely and transparent ratings, we are changing the credit rating landscape. Our team offers in-depth ratings and research for various industries within the United States, United Kingdom and Europe, giving all market participants an alternative credit rating solution. As a company, we value fresh perspectives and prioritize innovation and creativity rather than relying solely on conventional wisdom. We know collaboration is essential to our ability to provide investors with better products. Additionally, we work hard to make tools and solutions developed by the KBRA Analytics group easily accessible to aid in better market decisions.

JTC is a publicly listed global professional services business with deep expertise in fund, corporate and private client services.

We provide tailored global solutions for your fund administration needs, allowing you to focus on your core competencies and what you do best.

We have a proven track record in administering both closed and open-ended funds established in Jersey, Guernsey, US, UK, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Cayman Islands, South Africa, Singapore and Mauritius. We are specialists in the administration of private equity, real estate, debt, hedge, infrastructure, traditional funds, niche asset classes such as fine art and AIFM services. JTC has a wealth of experience administering listed structures including companies and funds listed on the London Stock Exchange, AIM, Euronext, and the International Stock Exchange.

We also offer solutions to administer the related entities such as purpose vehicles, trusts, management. companies and carry vehicles and support our clients with international regulatory and reporting standards.

JTC is your fund administration partner.

Cleary Gottlieb is a pioneer in globalizing the legal profession. Since 1946 our lawyers and staff have worked across practices, industries, jurisdictions and continents to provide clients with simple, actionable approaches to their most complex legal and business challenges, whether domestic or international. We support every client relationship with intellectual agility, commercial acumen and a human touch.

Ogier is an international and offshore professional services firm with the knowledge and expertise to handle the most demanding and complex transactions and provide expert, efficient and cost- effective services to all our clients. Ogier Global, Ogier’s corporate and fiduciary services division, provides clients with a full fund administration service offering. Our global presence gives us a unique advantage. With our diverse team spread across all major jurisdictions, we are well- positioned to provide local expertise on a global scale. We help clients navigate cross-border complexities. Additionally, we benefit from the expertise of Ogier’s legal and regulatory divisions to provide comprehensive and integrated services. Whether it’s a start-up fund or an established fund looking to expand its portfolio, we are committed to providing exceptional service that drives our clients; success.