Jordan is an elite practitioner in this space.”
- Chambers USA, 2025
Jordan Murray, a partner in Kirkland’s Investment Funds Group, is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading investment funds lawyers and is the co-founder and co-head of Kirkland’s industry-leading Sponsor Transactions group. His multidimensional and mature practice focuses on advising sponsors in every aspect of the private equity and asset management fund space. Jordan is a well-known leader in advising premier private investment firms on control asset management transactions and complex strategic minority and preferred equity investments (he has led the representations of firms selling interests to each of the prominent buyers in this rapidly evolving market).
In his fund formation practice, Jordan has led the representations of sponsors offering open-and closed-ended private securities covering a wide spectrum of sectors, geographies and strategies, such as buyout, credit, real estate, infrastructure, growth equity and hedge, raising hundreds of billions for funds and separate accounts. He also regularly counsels leading private equity sponsors in connection with establishing, documenting and implementing internal firm restructurings and succession planning arrangements.
Jordan is recognized annually as a leading lawyer by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, The Legal 500 U.S., IFLR 1000, Who’s Who Legal and Lawdragon. He was a member of the 2018 class of the David Rockefeller Fellows Program, a highly selective New York City leadership program established by the Partnership for New York City as a tribute to the civic contributions and leadership of the Partnership’s founding chairman, David Rockefeller.
“He’s a very strong practitioner. He’s had a big impact on how private equity firms are structured and how compensation works. He’s one of the most talented young lawyers out there, especially when handling cutting-edge issues” (Chambers Global).
Representative Current Clients
Adams Street, AE Industrial Partners, Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management (BBAM), The Blackstone Group, Brightstar Capital Partners, Carnelian Energy Capital, Centerline Capital, Centre Lane Partners, Claure Group, Coller Capital, Cortec Group, Crestview, Dermody Properties, Francisco Partners, FTV Capital, GI Partners, Golub Capital, Grain Management, Greenbelt Capital Partners, GSV Asset Management, Hildred Capital, Hunter Point Capital, Iron Park Capital, I Squared Capital, Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, Leonard Green & Partners, Littlejohn, Marlin Equity, Martis, Miller Global, Morgan Stanley Infrastructure, MSouth Equity Partners, Nextech Invest, Oak Street Real Estate Capital, Open Opportunity Fund, Peppertree Capital, Rockwood Capital, Silver Lake, Siris Capital, Spear Street Capital, Starwood Capital, Sterling Investment Partners, Synova, Tenex Capital, Third Point, TowerBrook Capital Partners, Tract Capital, TZP Group, Valo Ventures, Veritas Capital and Welsh Carson.
