John Folkerth

Associate Investment Funds

New York +1 212 390 4421

John Folkerth

Practices

Overview

John Folkerth is a corporate associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Blackstone Inc. in the formation of Blackstone Capital Opportunities Fund IV, a $7 billion fund.

KPS Capital Partners in the formation of KPS Special Situations Fund V, a $6 billion fund.

KPS Capital Partners in the formation of KPS Special Situations Mid-Cap Fund, a $1 billion fund.

Oaktree Capital Management in the GP-led structured secondary of its 2009 vintage Oaktree Principal Fund V LP and related fund entities, including the formation of new continuation funds managed by Oaktree and the related acquisition by the continuation funds of nine portfolio companies. As part of this transaction, Oaktree raised additional capital to make future follow-on investments in the nine companies.

Legal Extern, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, 2018

Legal Extern, GE Power, 2017

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2017

Legal Intern, Georgia Department of Community Health, 2016

Associate, CTCA, 2013–2015

Financial Analyst, EXPRESS, 2012–2013

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Contemplating Claims Trading at the Margins, Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal, Vol. 23, 2018

Informal Labor in India and Indonesia: Surmounting Organizing Barriers, Journal of Labour, Capital and Society, 2012

Seminars

Presenter at the United Nations ILO Summit

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2019New York

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Education

  • Emory University School of LawJ.D.with High Honors2018

    Order of the Coif

    Executive Articles Editor, Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal

    Michael P. Gullet Award for Excellence in Legal Writing & Editing

    TI:GER Program Certificate

  • Rollins College, Crummer Graduate School of BusinessM.B.A., Finance & International Businesswith Honors2012
  • Rollins CollegeB.A., International Relationsmagna cum laude2011