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Biography

Head of the Firm’s Investment Funds Practice and a member of the Executive Committee, Michael Wolitzer has wide-ranging experience in private investing and alternative asset management. He has represented sponsors of Private funds such as AEA, Apax Partners, Ares, Blackstone, Centerbridge, Lexington, Patria, Silver Lake Partners and TSSP, as well as sponsors in other asset categories, including real estate, mezzanine, energy/infrastructure and credit/distressed debt. In addition, he has represented global financial institutions in the establishment of their employee investment programs, been involved in acquisitions of stakes in private investment firms, and represented buyers, sellers and sponsors in secondary private equity interest transactions. Michael serves on the Board of the Association to Benefit Children and the Trinity Board at Duke University.