Overview

Lindsay Trapp is a partner in the Investment Funds and Structured Finance & Structured Private Credit Practice Groups in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice focuses on complex credit fund formation and insurance solutions for global private fund sponsors, handling fund structuring, compliance and distribution matters. She has extensive experience in rated funds and other structures for capital-efficient insurance investing; structuring funds for tax-efficient global fundraising; captive CLO equity funds with EU risk retention compliant manager originators; levered private funds utilizing captive CLOs; collateralized fund obligations; evergreen illiquid asset funds; liquid multicredit funds; and funds of closed-end funds.

Lindsay is frequently quoted by industry press including Ignited Europe and Creditflux, where she has been quoted about matters affecting rated funds, insurance investors, private funds, CLOs and their managers in the U.S. and Ireland. Most recently, Lindsay was recognized by Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch in 2026. She has also been recognized as a Rising Star Partner in IFLR1000 in the area of private equity funds.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

“Managers sweeten deals on U.S. captive CLO equity funds to get investors in the door,” Creditflux, July 17, 2025

“Evergreen Funds Demand New Feeder Types,” Asset-Backed Alert, June 27, 2025

Quoted, “Evergreen CLO funds rise — Liquid, lucrative, but not for everyone,” 9fin, May 9, 2025

“Developments in Rated Note Fund Structures to Access Insurance Capital,” Private Equity Law Report, April 17, 2025

Quoted, “Private credit managers try to get creative in lackluster fundraising environment,” Private Funds CFO, August 15, 2024

Quoted, “Captive equity craze spreads to middle-market CLOs as BSL CLO funds look towards evolution,” 9Fin, December 18, 2024

Quoted, “NAIC makes major move to check ABS to fund interests,” Private Funds CFO, August 15, 2024

Quoted, “Insurers seeking higher yields flock to private credit,” LSEG, June 27, 2024

“Collateralized Fund Obligation Transactions,” Lexis Practical Guidance, May 6, 2024

Quoted, “The Unicrunch — Five thoughts on the week that was,” 9Fin, March 22, 2024

“The SEC's Cooled Down But Still Spicy Private Fund Rules,” Law360, December 2023

“Co-investment, customization on the rise in private credit land,” Alternatives Investment, September 2023

“Collateralized Fund Obligations: The Technicolor Dreamcoat of Fund Finance from a US and UK/EU Perspective,” Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, April 2023

Quoted, “Regulators Delay Move to Add Oversight of Private Funds for Insurers,” FUNDfire, March 2023

“Collateralized Fund Obligations: The Technicolor Dreamcoat of Fund Finance - Part 2: A Deeper Dive,” The Investment Lawyer, February 2023

“Collateralized Fund Obligations: The Technicolor Dreamcoat of Fund Finance - Part 1,” The Investment Lawyer, January 2023

Quoted, “Alts Managers Bump Up Insurance Product Push amid Regulatory Shift,” FUNDfire, October 26, 2022

“New SEC Rules May Increase Reporting Hurdles for CLOs,” Creditflux, March 2022

“How Rated Note Structures Enable Fund Managers to Raise Funds From Insurers in the U.S. and Beyond,” Private Equity Law Report, January 11, 2022

Speaking Engagements

“Rated Funds – More than a Capital Efficiency Tool?” DealCatalyst's The Future of Fund Finance U.S., June 9, 2025

“The Increasingly Interconnected Markets: Bank, Insurance, and Private Wealth Partnerships with Private Credit,” DealCatalyst's The U.S. Private Credit Industry Conference on Direct Lending 2025, May 13, 2025

“Rated Debt Feeder Funds,” ACIC 2025 Spring Investment Forum, Chicago, IL, April 3, 2025

“Credit Strategies,” Alternative Investments Conference, Institute for Private Capital, March 30, 2023

“Capital raising in Europe: What private capital fund managers need to know,” IFI Global and Ocorian Webinar, March 17, 2023

“Demystifying Private Capital Funds,” Intertrust Group Webinar, December 6, 2022

“Capital raising in Europe: What U.S. private fund managers need to know,” Ocorian Webinar, June 7, 2022

“Ireland or Luxembourg – Where to establish your fund in Europe?” Carne Webinar, May 27, 2021

“Ireland: Launch Point for European Fundraising,” Privcap Podcase, December 8, 2020

“Global Trends in Private Funds,” 2019 Global Alternative Funds Symposium, New York, NY, June 4, 2019

“Navigating Global Regulatory Change in the Investment Funds Industry,” Opportunities for Ireland, Dublin, June 8, 2017

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • New York

Education

  • Saint Louis University School of LawJ.D., International Law2007
  • University College CorkGraduate Diploma in Law2006
  • University of DenverB.S., Business Administrationmagna cum laude2004
    with University Honours