Chris Jeanes
Counsel
chris.jeanes@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Investment Management
- Fund Formation
- Private Funds Liquidity Solutions
- Sovereign and Government Investors
- Fund Manager Transactions
- Institutional Investors
- Credit Funds
- Real Estate & Infrastructure Funds
- Energy & Infrastructure Private Equity
Biography
- Advises private investment funds on formation matters.
- Assists a variety of investors on their limited partner (LP) investment programs.
- Advises on secondary transactions.
Chris Jeanes advises private equity firms, sovereign wealth funds and investors on fund and acquisition terms. He has worked on a variety of fund raisings and secondary transactions, including acquisitions of large portfolios of direct and indirect interests.
While in training with another leading U.S. law firm, Chris worked in the Singapore and Hong Kong offices, where he gained experience on a range of matters including debt restructuring, capital markets and private equity funds.
Representative Work
- Assisted a client on raising their first-time infrastructure fund which raised in excess of $1.5 billion, inclusive of co-investment vehicles.
- Advised a leading U.K. private equity house on a number of substantial secondary transactions involving portfolios and containing direct and indirect interests.
- Advised a client on their newest fund, which targeted litigation funding, and raised £350 million in their first and final closing.
- Assisted a client on the raising of their third flagship pan-African fund, which closed at its $1.1 billion cap, which was at the time the largest Africa-focused private equity fund.
- Advising a prominent sovereign wealth fund on their large-scale investments into many different private equity funds.
EducationLL.B., University of Law, London, 2013
B.S., University of Southampton, with honors, 2011
LL.B., University of Law, London, 2013
B.S., University of Southampton, with honors, 2011
Bar AdmissionsSolicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, England and Wales
Recognitions
- The Legal 500 UK, Private Funds, 2022.
