At Akin, practitioners are go-to contacts for emerging market funds, but the group has core expertise in real estate, venture capital, energy and credit funds. Barbara Niederkofler in New York, who ‘excels across all aspects of structuring complex fund products and advising on compliance matters’ heads up the team, and is well supported by Blayne Grady in Washington DC whose practice is geared towards credit funds, with particular nous in credit fund structuring. New York-based Dennis P. Pereira, described as ’knowledgeable, very pragmatic, and an excellent communicator’ is a stand out practitioner in the team, and regularly advises Apollo Global Management. Wendy Dodson Gallegos joined the team in May 2025.
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- 'Dennis Pereira is a standout practitioner and trusted advisor. He is incredibly knowledgeable, very pragmatic, and an excellent communicator. He provides concise, incisive advice and solution focused in his approach. Barbara Niederkofler is excellent. She excels across all aspects of structuring complex fund products and advising on compliance matters.'
- 'Their practice groups are extremely well integrated and collaborative which provides for a seamless, solution focused approach to servicing client mandates. The team is very responsive, technically astute, commercial in approach and get deals done.'
- 'Dennis Pereira is a standout practitioner and trusted advisor. He is incredibly knowledgeable, very pragmatic, an excellent communicator, provides concise, incisive advice and solution focused in his approach. Barbara Niederkofler is excellent. She is across all aspects of structuring complex fund products and advising on compliance matters. Michael DiLernia is very smart, extremely responsive and a pleasure to work with.'
- 'Very deep bench. Wide variety of subject matter experts, often in esoteric areas.'
- 'Thoughtful, experience, pragmatic, responsive, and cost effective.'
- 'They are extremely knowledgeable about the funds market as they work with the largest fund managers. They are commercial and understand client needs.'
- 'Dennis Pereira is renowned in the market place as being the go-to partner for complicated funds issues. He is always available and ready to provide practical advice.'
Kernmandanten
- Crayhill Capital Management
- Invictus Capital Partners
- Newmarket Investment Holdings
- Gramercy Funds Management
- Apollo Global Management
Highlight-Mandate
- Assisting Apollo on the formation and operation of the Apollo Athene Diversified Investment Partnership II.
- Advising Apollo on certain matters related to the their strategic partnership with Phoenix Group, the largest insurance company and asset manager in Israel with over $100 billion AUM.
- Advising Apollo’s S3 secondaries division on the formation and operation of their Credit Secondaries Fund II.
Anwält*innen
Praxisleitung
Barbara Niederkofler
Weitere Kernanwält*innen
Prakash Mehta; Blayne Grady; Fadi Samman; James Deeken; Michael DiLernia; Dennis Pereira; Wendy Dodson Gallegos