Samara Shepherd is a corporate partner in the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice primarily focuses on representing private fund sponsors in the formation, structuring and operation of private equity funds, management companies and other related entities, ranging from first-time sponsors to funds of over $5 billion. She also advises fund managers on a variety of general corporate counseling matters, management company events, secondary transactions and fund-related aspects of M&A transactions, including co-investment arrangements.
Representative Clients
AEA Investors, BPGC Management, BPOC, Brookfield Asset Management, Cibolo Energy Partners, Frontenac Company, J.P. Morgan Investment Management, InfraRed Capital Partners, Leeds Illuminate Advisors, Mountain Capital Management, NGP Energy Capital Management, Sun Capital Partners, The Sterling Group, Ubiquity Management
