Michael James DiLernia
Partner
Areas of Focus
- Investment Management
- Fund Formation
- Credit Funds
- Energy & Natural Resources Funds
- Commodities Funds
- Hedge Funds
- Institutional Investors
- Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)
- Global Investment Adviser Regulatory
- Pro Bono
- Private Equity
- Private Capital
- Represents one of the most prominent private equity and hedge fund sponsors on some the largest fundraises in the industry.
- Served for nearly four years as general counsel to hedge fund Rockmore Capital, LLC.
- Is co-founder, director and vice president of a non-profit law firm that provides legal services to disabled veterans and their families.
Michael’s practice focuses on the domestic and international fund industry. He represents fund sponsors in the formation, structuring and operation of private investment funds that employ innovative structures and investment strategies.
Prior to joining Akin, Michael was general counsel of Rockmore Capital, LLC, a hedge fund that focused on small cap investments.
He is also a co-founder of Veterans Legal Advocacy Group, PC, (VetLAG) a nonprofit organization that represents disabled veterans in their disability claims. Michael does extensive pro bono work on behalf of VetLAG and serves as an active director and officer. He also mentors other lawyers at the firm and at clients of the firm in their work on veterans’ matters.
- Represented a leading global alternative asset management firm in connection with multibillion-dollar fundraises to invest in nonperforming loans, real estate, insurance, natural resources, and corporate buyouts—including the largest private equity fund in the world.
- Provides oversight to a team dedicated to processing partner transfers for a leading global alternative asset management firm.
- Manages pro bono collaborations between firm attorneys and VetLAG, including collaborations with in-house attorneys at clients of the firm.
- Represented the spouse of a deceased veteran in a successful effort to cancel approximately $160,000 in purported debt owed by her to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
EducationJ.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2008
B.A., St. John's University, summa cum laude, 2005
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2008
B.A., St. John's University, summa cum laude, 2005
Bar AdmissionsNew York
New York
- The Legal 500 US, Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital), 2024.
- Akin, Pro Bono Associate of the Year Honoree, 2017.
