Jason Behrens

Practice Areas

Jason is a partner in Linklaters' New York office and co-head of the U.S. Investment Funds practice. Jason focuses his practice on advising private fund sponsors and asset managers in connection with all aspects of fund formation, operation, governance and compliance issues. He has vast experience with an array of alternative asset classes, including private equity funds, real estate funds, credit funds, venture capital funds, secondaries funds, energy and infrastructure funds, funds of funds and hedge funds, both domestically and internationally. Jason counsels fund sponsors with respect to portfolio investment acquisitions and dispositions, co-investments, joint ventures, seed arrangements, M&A transactions, spin-outs, fund restructurings and recapitalizations. His practice is global in nature, including representations throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia.

Jason also regularly advises buyers and sellers on their secondary market transactions, including traditional portfolio sales, structured secondaries, stapled secondary offerings and other complex secondary transactions. In addition, he represents institutional investors in connection with their investments in private investment funds and other alternative assets.

Clients

Aermont, AIG, Ardian, Barings, CBRE Global Investors, Centerbridge Partners, Clarion Partners, Digital Colony, DRA Advsiors, DuPont Capital Management, Emigrant Partners, GE Asset Management (now State Street Global Advisors), Gemini Family Office, iCapital Network, Intel Corporation Retirement Plans Master Trust, Jones Lang LaSalle, KKR, LCN Capital Partners, Lilly Retirement Plan Master Trust, Macquarie, Orix Corporation, National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust, Partners Group, RIT Capital, Siguler Guff, SMBC, South Harbor LLC, U.S. Steel & Carnegie Pension Fund and Wafra.