Kimberley J.

Kim Kaplan-Gross has over 20 years of experience representing domestic and international private equity and venture capital firm sponsors in fund formation, firm establishment (including team spin-outs), management company and general partner structuring and governance matters, regulatory matters, and creation and operation of separate account and special purpose investment programs. In fundraising, she advises fund sponsors on legal structuring matters, guides them in market positioning and setting proposed terms and conditions, and leads their investor negotiations. Additionally, she advises institutional investors in their investments in private equity funds, as well as in their acquisitions and dispositions of portfolios of private investment fund and operating company interests. Kim was recognized in Chambers USA as a leading practitioner in venture capital in 2010 and in fund formation in 2011-2016, where sources say that she is “extremely knowledgeable” and “is very good with clients.” She was also recognized in the 2012-2017 Best Lawyers in America report as a leading lawyer in venture capital law, where a fund client lauded that “She did an outstanding job leading us through this process. … We could not have done it without Kim and her outstanding advice.” Kim is also listed as a leading lawyer in the area of Investment Funds in the United States by Legal Media Group’s ExpertGuides (2016) and is a recommended lawyer for Investment Fund Formation and Management in The Legal 500 (2016).