Eric L. Perelman

Eric L. Perelman is a corporate partner in the Investment Funds Practice Group in the New York of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Eric represents leading global private fund and asset managers with respect to a variety of complex legal, regulatory, transactional and compliance matters arising under the Investment Advisers Act, Investment Company Act, and related federal securities laws and regulations, including with respect to the formation, offering and governance of private equity funds, general partner-led secondaries vehicles, co-investments, venture capital funds, credit funds, managed account platforms and other investment products.

Eric regularly advises asset managers on SEC examinations, including counseling leading private fund sponsors through the defense of more than 40 SEC exams, as well as investment adviser registration, SEC enforcement investigations and related regulatory and compliance considerations, and ongoing disclosure and securities reporting obligations.

Eric has extensive experience helping clients navigate material non-public information and insider trading issues across SEC exams, SEC enforcement inquiries and adviser structuring issues. Eric also regularly counsels private fund sponsors and buyers in complex minority investment and control sale transactions, as well as regulatory considerations relating to capital markets and M&A transactions. Eric frequently speaks on legal and regulatory issues related to the private funds industry, including for events sponsored by Private Equity International, the Investment Adviser Association, the Harvard Business School Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference, and the National Venture Capital Association.