Katie St. Peters is a partner in the Investment Funds Group, where her practice focuses on advising private investment fund sponsors on all aspects of their business, including the establishment of private investment funds, fund investment activities, product and strategy expansion, co-investment programs, warehousing arrangements, alternative investment structures, fund regulatory and compliance matters, conflicts issues, investor relations matters and firm ownership and operational issues, including governance matters, succession planning and separation arrangements.
Katie has advised a wide variety of private fund sponsors in connection with structuring and forming private investment funds ranging from a hundred million to tens of billions of dollars, as well as structuring and establishing separate account structures for a variety of U.S. and non-U.S institutional investors. Her experience includes advising sponsors ranging from emerging managers to leading global asset managers across a variety of investment strategies.
Katie has been recognized for her work as a leading investment funds lawyer by numerous publications. Most recently in 2022, Katie was named Law360's “MVP of the Year” for Fund Formation, an award that recognizes leading lawyers for their involvement in record-breaking deals and complex global matters. In 2021, Katie was named by Law360 to the Fund Formation “Rising Stars” list, an annual ranking that recognizes outstanding legal talent under 40 years old. IFLR1000 recognized Katie as a “Notable Practitioner” in Fund Formation, and she has been recognized as a Next Generation Lawyer for Private Equity Funds by The Legal 500 every year since 2017.
Outside of her client work, Katie serves on Kirkland’s Firmwide Diversity and Inclusion Committee and Benefits Committee and is a member of the Chicago Office Recruiting Committee and Associate Review Committee. Katie also serves on the board of directors of OneGoal Chicago.
