Oren Gertner

Practice Areas

OREN GERTNER is a partner in the Investment Funds group and a member of Sidley’s Private Equity Fund Formation practice. Oren represents prominent institutional investors in connection with their investments in leading private investment funds, real estate funds, credit funds, secondary funds, and co-investments. Over the past two decades, he has advised state and local pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, foreign pension plans, financial institutions, insurance companies, consulting firms, and other active market participants. He regularly represents buyers, sellers, and sponsors in secondary transactions, including all types of GP-led secondaries, private funds recapitalizations, structured secondaries, LP-portfolio sales, and other liquidity solutions for private fund investors.

In addition, Oren’s practice includes structuring and offering of domestic and international private equity funds, hedge funds, and other alternative investment funds, such as buy-out funds, debt funds, real estate funds, energy funds, distressed funds, funds-of-funds, and managed accounts. He has worked on the organization and documentation of fund sponsors’ internal firm arrangements, carry plans, and a variety of transactional matters relating to private funds. Oren also provides regulatory and compliance advice applicable to the formation, operation, and investment activities of private funds, including compliance with the U.S. Investment Advisers Act and the U.S. Investment Company Act.