Overview
Advises on the structuring, formation and operation of private equity funds, including buyout funds, venture capital funds, mezzanine funds and litigation financing funds.
Phyllis represents both fund sponsors and investors. In addition to assisting fund sponsors with their internal management arrangements, succession planning, capital call borrowing facilities and formation of co-investment vehicles, she has extensive experience with institutional investors and regularly advises clients on market terms of investment funds. She also advises private equity funds in connection with their capital call credit lines and investments in, and dispositions of, portfolio companies.
Phyllis is recognized as a leading investment management lawyer by Chambers USA, The Legal 500 US, The Best Lawyers in America, New York Super Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Private Funds Lawyers, Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Banking, Finance and Transactional Law Lawyers (Investment Funds, Private Equity) and the Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law (Investment Funds).
A member of New York’s Private Investment Fund Forum, Phyllis frequently shares her insights on effective fund formation strategies at industry conferences and seminars. She recently discussed compliance concerns for co-investments and issues related to fund restructuring and secondary transactions.
Interviewed by Private Funds Management in the article “Ringing the Changes,” Phyllis is also the co-author of Private Equity Funds: Formation and Operation (Practising Law Institute), which is considered the leading treatise on the subject. She has also contributed to the Fund Formation and Incentives Report (Private Equity International in association with Schulte) as well as a chapter on “Advisers to Private Equity Funds – Practical Compliance Considerations” in Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds Regulation, Volume 2 (Practising Law Institute).
Recognitions
- Chambers Global
- Chambers USA
- The Legal 500 US
- Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Banking, Finance and Transactional Law Lawyers – Investment Funds, Private Equity
- Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law – Investment Funds
- Lexology Index Thought Leaders: USA 2025 – Private Funds Formation
- Lexology Index Private Funds – Private Funds Formation
- Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Private Funds Lawyers
- Best Lawyers in America, Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law, 2026
- New York Super Lawyers – Top Women Attorneys in the New York Metro Area
Community
- Member, Private Investment Fund Forum
Credentials
Education
Columbia Law School, JD
Smith College, AB
Admissions
New York
