Ed Dartley is a partner and practice group coordinator in the firm's Asset Management and Investment Funds practice. He concentrates his practice on private funds, alternative investment and finance firms, and sophisticated family offices. Ed works with both established firms and newly launched and expanding businesses that are seeking new paths, serving as a trusted advisor who helps clients navigate into new territory. Ed is driven by his enthusiasm for helping clients build businesses and create value.
Ed advises established and emerging private equity, private credit, and real estate fund sponsors, counseling on fund formation, operational, transactional, and regulatory matters, as well as on co-investments, continuation funds, and other secondaries strategies. He also regularly counsels on seeding arrangements, GP stakes deals, and joint venture relationships. In addition, Ed guides family offices on a wide range of asset management matters, providing sound advice on investment structuring and regulatory matters. Ed has experience in a broad range of investing strategies, including seeding, infrastructure, digital assets, impact investing, and alternative energy.
From first-time private equity founders to institutional investment professionals to family office CIOs, Ed provides practical and business-minded legal guidance.
Ed spent over a decade as in house counsel and chief compliance officer at an investment manager, and brings a valuable perspective on how investment firms work from the inside to all that he does. Ed continues to utilize this experience by providing holistic advice and strategic vision as regular outside counsel to numerous clients. When possible, Ed combines his work and recreational time, fielding calls while kayaking, hiking, or skiing in New York's Catskill Mountains.