Rajib Chanda
USA Guide 2023
Band 2 : Registered Funds
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About
Provided by Rajib Chanda
Practice Areas
Hailed as a “Trailblazer” by the American Lawyer for his legal contributions to the democratization of access by ordinary investors to private markets investments, Rajib helps asset management firms design, develop and structure investment products. Rajib heads Simpson Thacher’s Registered Funds practice. Rajib regularly represents the leading asset management firms in the US, including recent representations of AMG, Angelo Gordon, Apollo, Ares, Artisan Partners, BC Partners, Benefit Street, Blackstone, Blue Owl, Carlyle, Cohen & Steers, Coller Capital, Diameter, EcoFin/Tortoise, EIG, First Eagle, Golub, HarbourVest, Irradiant, JPMorgan Asset Management, KKR, Lexington Partners, New Mountain, Onex Credit, PIMCO, Sixth Street Partners and SkyBridge Capital, among others.
Career
Partner at Simpson Thacher since 2014. Washington, D.C. office Administrative Partner; Chair of Partner Development Committee; former firm Hiring Partner and Co-Chair of Diversity Committee. Previously at Ropes & Gray (Associate, 2001-2009, Partner 2009-2014).
Professional Memberships
Advisory Board, Mutual Fund Directors Forum
Member, ABA Task Force on Fund Directors
Member, Fund Board Views’ Editorial Think Tank
Advisory Board, Fund Directions
Board Member, National Homelessness Law Center
National Board Member, Compass Pro Bono
Personal
Brown University, A.B., 1997 (honors); Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2000.