Louisa Cobbe set to join Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in London

Louisa Cobbe set to join Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in London

She is working with Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Kirkland & Ellis has announced that Louisa Cobbe will be joining the firm in London as a partner in the Investment Funds Group.

Jonathan Tadd, the investment funds partner based in London, remarked, "Cobbe has vast experience with real estate joint ventures, and both closed- and open-ended funds in the real estate space. We are delighted that she has joined the team as we continue to enhance our top-tier real estate funds offering in Europe and globally."

Christopher Braunack, another London-based investment funds partner added, "Cobbe has a stellar reputation for handling a wide variety of complex real estate investment fund matters. She will be an invaluable resource to our real estate fund sponsor clients at a time when we are seeing a huge uptick in activity within that asset class."

Working with Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner as a partner, Cobbe has extensive experience advising on the structuring, capital raising and ongoing operation of investment vehicles and funds, with a particular focus on real estate, including joint ventures, club deals and co-investments, and as indirect acquisitions and disposals of real estate assets and businesses.

Meanwhile, Kirkland & Ellis' European investment funds practice has over 25 partners and advises many of Europe's preeminent investment fund sponsors on their fundraisings, ongoing fund-related matters (including liquidity solutions) and sponsor strategic transactions.

The practice is a market leader in each of its core focuses, including private equity, credit, real assets and liquidity solutions. It was awarded Private Equity International 2021 Law Firm of the Year for both Fund Formation and Secondaries in Europe, Private Equity Real Estate 2021 Law Firm of the Year for Fund Formation in Europe and Private Debt Investor 2021 Law Firm of the Year in Europe.