Matthew Howard is a partner in the Investment Funds Practice Group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. For more than twenty years, Matt has advised his investment fund clients on asset management matters, including the structuring and offering of private investment funds and other alternative investment vehicles that have raised billions of dollars across asset classes and geographies.
In addition, to his work on fundraisings, clients rely on Matt’s counsel and strategic advice on a variety of matters core to their businesses, including liquidity solutions, strategic investments, spin-outs and transformative acquisitions, management company arrangements, carried interest plans and other incentive arrangements.
Matt regularly speaks on industry topics and is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law School. In 2018, he was selected as a Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.
Matt has been recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in Private Equity: Fund Formation, where he is praised for being “extremely commercial, [and having] a very good depth of knowledge.” Clients also note that he is “thoughtful and responsive.” Additionally, Matt is recognized as a highly regarded practitioner in the 2025 edition of the IFLR1000.
Select Representative Clients
Argand Partners, Blue Owl, New Catalyst Strategic Partners, Neuberger Berman Alternatives Advisers, Permira
