Paul Drake is an associate in the Investment Funds Practice Group in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and a member of the Firm’s Liquidity Solutions Team. He focuses his practice on representing private equity sponsors on structuring and executing strategic secondary transactions, including GP-led continuation funds, designed to provide liquidity to both sponsors and investors, and structuring, negotiating, forming and operating private equity and real estate funds, their management companies and co-investment programs.
Experience
Prior Experience
Associate, Sidley Austin LLP
Pro Bono
Board Member, Associates Board of Directors, Ladder Up, 2023–2024
Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) Fellow, Ladder Up, 2023
Graduate Fellow Board of Director Representative, PILI
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2023Illinois
Education
Georgetown University Law CenterJ.D.2023
Creighton UniversityM.S., Investment Management and Financial Analysis2017