John Budetti is a partner in the Firm's New York office focusing his practice on counseling private equity sponsors in numerous transactions. Since 2005, he has represented private fund sponsors with AUM ranging from $75 million to $20 billion.
John counsels private fund sponsors on a variety of matters involving raising diverse funds; sponsors’ secondary transactions and GP-led continuation vehicles; third party minority stake investments in sponsor management companies; operational, legal, compliance, and governance matters; internal economic arrangements; alternative investment vehicle structures and M&A transactions; strategic investments and joint ventures, spin-outs and other corporate transactions involving private investment funds.
John has been recommended by The Legal 500 U.S.’s Tier 1 Ranking of Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Private Equity Funds Practice since 2014, including as a "fund formation rock star" and is consistently rated as a "Highly Regarded" leading investment funds lawyer in the IFLR1000.
He has significant experience with a diverse group of private investment firms, and representative current and past clients include Altaris Capital Partners, Arlington Capital Partners, Audax Group, Braemar Energy Ventures, BRS & Co., GTCR LLC, H.I.G. Capital, Kinderhook Industries, Lincolnshire Management, Northlane Capital, Plexus Capital, Summit Partners and York Capital, among a number of others.
