Nadia Murad

Nadia Murad is a partner in the Investment Funds Group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP where she advises leading private equity sponsors and investment managers on fundraising, platform growth, investor relations and strategic initiatives. With over 20 years of experience at the Firm advising on aggregate capital raised totaling over $100 billion, she is a trusted advisor to sponsors as they build, scale and institutionalize their investment platforms.

Nadia’s practice spans the full lifecycle of an investment firm, from first time fund launches to the development of global, multiproduct platforms. As an instrumental part of the Firm’s leading global IFG platform, she advises clients on a wide variety of fund formation and related matters, including numerous mega-fund formations and fundraises across a broad spectrum of strategies, including private equity buyout and mega funds, hybrid (PE/hedge) and open-ended funds, first-time funds, secondary funds, continuation funds, co-invest vehicles, feeder vehicles and HNW retail platforms, fund-of-one and single asset vehicles and alternative investment vehicle structures. She regularly helps clients navigate ongoing regulatory and compliance matters, conflicts, allocations, cross-fund transactions and evolving investor expectations.

In addition to representing clients on fund formation matters, Nadia is frequently called upon at critical inflection points to advise clients on a wide range of complex business transactions and operational matters, including but not limited to: acquisitions and structuring, strategic expansions and new product launches, AUM growth, current and anticipated trends and market developments, investor communications and investor relations considerations, establishment of new offices, and liquidity solutions including structured secondaries and GP-led transactions. Nadia also has been a key partner representing private equity sponsors on internal firm structuring and restructuring, including complex succession planning, team expansions and separations, economic arrangements and founder-related investments.

Nadia has been instrumental in establishing Kirkland’s family office practice. She regularly represents family offices and high net worth individuals in connection with private equity investments, co-investments and sports-related investments.

Nadia is recognized as a leading global Entertainment, Sports and Media lawyer for Investment Funds, and is a recognized thought leader in the private funds and asset management space, frequently speaking and moderating at industry conferences and authoring widely cited publications on fund structuring, ESG, regulatory developments and market trends. Nadia has been quoted numerous times by Law360, The Deal, Financial Worldwide, Private Equity Law Report and authored numerous Kirkland thought-leadership pieces.

Within the Firm, Nadia plays an active leadership role and has been integral in leading strategic initiatives across the Investment Funds platform, collaborating across practices to deliver integrated client solutions, mentoring and training junior partners and associates, and contributing to recruiting, client development, investor solutions and AI strategy, as well as pro bono contributions.
With a personalized, relationship-driven approach to her practice and a passion for the private equity asset class, Nadia has an unwavering commitment to providing clients with best-in-class service, commercial advice, innovative solutions and strategic support at every stage of their firm’s lifecycle.

Nadia is an active supporter of the arts and is a member of the Women’s Board of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and the Whitney Contemporaries.

Representative Clients

3G Capital, Inc., Arctos Partners, Ares Management, Centerview Partners, Clearlake Capital Group, Crestview Partners, Dawson Partners, Golden Gate Capital, GTCR, ICONIQ Capital, Irving Place Capital, Northern Trust, Patria Finance Limited, Warburg Pincus, Wynnchurch Capital, York Capital Management