Ira Kustin
USA Guide 2024
Band 5 : Hedge Funds
Band 5
About
Provided by Ira Kustin
Practice Areas
Ira focuses his practice on representing sponsors and investors in complex hedge, credit and private equity funds. He provides counsel to private fund advisers on international investment platforms, including in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Ira’s clients include market-leading global asset managers, start-ups, and mid-sized and larger managers.
Ira has extensive experience counseling established, global investment advisers, as well as start-up managers on most aspects of their operations and regulatory compliance matters. He advises investment fund managers faced with complex restructurings, succession planning, crisis/conflict resolution and consent solicitations.
Ira’s practice includes advising clients on the structuring of arrangements between investment managers’ principals, seeding transactions, co-investment and secondary transactions, and LP-side investments in private funds.
Personal
New York University School of Law, J.D., 1999
University of Cincinnati, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1996
Chambers Review
USA
Ira Kustin advises both investors and sponsors on large portfolio investments as well as fund launches.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ira is very responsive and very commercial."
"Ira is an excellent lawyer who is responsive and practical."
"Ira is very responsive and very commercial."
"Ira is an excellent lawyer who is responsive and practical."