About Sam Kay

Sam Kay is a partner in Dechert’s financial services group. He advises on a wide range of investment funds matters, with a particular focus on fund formation, representing private funds and asset managers throughout the private equity, private debt/credit, infrastructure and real estate industries. Sam advises GPs on complex transactions such as continuation funds, tender offers and strip sales, and has extensive experience in advising clients on matters of strategic significance, such as GP-stake sales, internal restructurings for succession planning, management spin-outs and complex carried interest arrangements. He also advises institutional investors, funds-of-funds and asset allocators on their participation in funds, as well as LP-led secondary activity from single assets to large portfolio sales.