Overview

Sandipan De deserves special mention for his strategic insights and meticulous case management. - The Legal 500 UK

Sandipan De is a debt finance partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP focusing exclusively on fund finance and having extensive experience in representing asset managers on borrower-side fund finance transactions across different fund sizes, types and strategies. He regularly advises on the entire spectrum of the fund financing “toolkit” – capital call/subscription lines, NAV facilities, GP/management company facilities, leverage for secondary transactions, CV financings, professional loan programmes/executive facilities, financing aspects of asset management M&A, preferred instruments and other more bespoke forms of fund financing (including “Tranche B” / second lien facilities, turnover/ECL mechanics etc.).

Prior to focusing exclusively on fund finance transactions, Sandipan was a sponsor-side leveraged/acquisition finance lawyer and represented financial sponsors, their affiliates and portfolio companies in complex, multijurisdictional financings at varying levels of the capital structure.

Select Fund Finance Clients

Advent International, AEA Investors, Ardian, Antin Infrastructure Partners, Apheon (f/k/a Ergon Capital), BC Partners, Edelweiss, FSN Capital, GHO Capital, HgCapital, IK Partners, Investindustrial, Marlin Equity Partners, Noteus Partners, Partners Group, PAI Partners, Sprints Capital, Starwood Capital Group, Vitruvian Partners, Warburg Pincus and others.

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Recognition

The Legal 500 UK (2025): Listed as an “Recommended Lawyer” for Investment Fund Formation and Management - Fund Finance

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2017, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales

Languages

  • Hindi
  • Bengali
  • English

Education

  • NALSAR University of LawB.A.; LL.B.(Hons.)2015

    University Gold Medals in Banking, Corporate Law & Taxation

    Editor, Editorial Board for the NALSAR ADR Journal, 2013–2014

  • Santa Clara University School of LawExchange Semester2012