Overview

William Tuttle is an investment funds partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and focuses his practice on capital markets and corporate matters related to investment funds and investment advisers. Will regularly represents business development companies (BDCs), closed-end funds, investment advisers and investment banks in capital markets transactions. His experience also includes: fund formation matters for credit sponsors entering the retail market, including through BDCs and interval funds; strategic mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions, both at the sponsor and fund level; structuring feeder funds investing into BDCs and closed-end funds; and structuring bespoke credit-oriented investments for BDCs and closed-end funds.

Will has been recognized for his work in legal directories such as Chambers USA, The Legal 500 and IFLR1000. In addition, Will was named one of the Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 by the National LGBT Bar Association, an affiliate of the American Bar Association.

Will’s representative clients include ARK Invest, Cliffwater, Gladstone, Oaktree and Varagon. In addition, he has represented all of the major investment banks in securities offerings by BDCs, including those sponsored by Blue Owl, Golub, Palmer Square, PennantPark and WhiteHorse.

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Thought Leadership

Speaking Engagements

Moderator, “BDCs,” Private Debt Investor New York Forum, September 2023

Recognition

IFLR1000 United States: Capital Markets, Capital Markets: Debt, Capital Markets: Equity – Rising Star 2021

The Legal 500 United States: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings - Advice to Issuers 2019

The Legal 500 United States: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings - Advice to Issuers 2019

The Legal 500 United States: Capital Markets: Global Offerings - Advice to Issuers 2019

The Legal 500 United States: Capital Markets: High Yield Debt Offerings - Advice to Issuers 2019

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • District of Columbia
  • New York

Education

  • Vanderbilt Law SchoolJ.D.

    Order of the Coif

    Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Articles Editor

  • University of VirginiaB.A.with High Distinction