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Michael Messina

Michael Messina is an associate in the firm’s Asset Management and Investment Funds practice. Prior to joining the firm, Michael advised asset managers, investors, pension funds, and more on a broad range of private investment fund matters, including fund formation, secondary transactions, and investor-side investments. His experience includes advising on the structuring and establishment of United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Guernsey, and Cayman fund structures; negotiating limited partnership agreements and side letters; and assisting investors with investments in open-ended and closed-ended funds. Michael also has experience advising on continuation fund transactions, transfers of limited partner interests, and most favored nation elections.

This is a temporary biography. A complete biography will be available soon.

Prior to joining the firm, Michael practiced in the investment funds groups of leading international law firms in the United Kingdom and Luxembourg. He advised fund sponsors and financial institutions on the formation, marketing, and operation of alternative investment funds across a range of asset classes, including private equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, venture capital, and hedge funds. Michael also supported clients on regulatory compliance, fundraising, governance, and transactional matters throughout the fund lifecycle.

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