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Christopher P. Healey

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Christopher P. Healey

Partner
Investment Management
Washington DC

Deep experience in fund formation and transactional work involving 1940 Act products. Has advised many leading fund sponsors and investment managers. 

Chris brings deep market knowledge and experience in the development, formation and ongoing operation of funds regulated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, particularly funds that invest in private market assets. He advises clients on a wide array of fund products, including business development companies (BDCs), closed-end funds and interval funds. His clients include sponsors of all sizes and range from first-time sponsors of 1940 Act products to established 1940 Act sponsors.

Clients seek his counsel for novel SEC exemptive applications and the development of innovative products for retail investors.

Chris also has advised on numerous complex asset management M&A transactions and joint venture arrangements to launch new 1940 Act funds. He has represented many of the leading fund sponsors and investment managers, as well as fund boards.

He has been named a “Rising Star” by Fund Intelligence, and a source quoted by Legal 500 U.S. praises his “tremendous ’40 Act knowledge.” 

Experience highlights

Chris’s representations prior to joining Davis Polk include:

  • BC Partners in connection with the launch of its public and private BDC platform, and the acquisition of multiple BDCs
  • Blackstone Credit with respect to its BDCs, listed closed-end funds and interval fund
  • Carlyle with respect to its role as adviser to a credit-focused interval fund and certain BDC-related matters
  • First Eagle in connection with its BDC and launch of a credit-focused interval fund
  • Co-investment exemptive relief clients include Apollo, BC Partners, Blackstone, Carlyle, First Eagle
  • Asset management M&A transactions, including advising: Blackstone in its acquisitions of DCI and Harvest Fund Advisors, as well as its acquisitions of minority stakes in GI Partners, Kohlberg & Company, Leonard Green, Marlin Equity Partners, PAG, Sentinel Capital Partners and Nautic Partners; Blackstone and Corsair Capital in their majority investment in First Eagle Investment Management; JPMorgan in its capacity as financial adviser in several BDC mergers; KKR in its transaction to become sole adviser to Corporate Capital Trust; Lightyear in its acquisition and subsequent sale of Advisor Group; MassMutual in its sale of OppenheimerFunds to Invesco; and Oaktree in its acquisition of the Fifth Street BDC relationship

Credentials

Recognition

Fund Intelligence Mutual Fund Industry and ETF Awards – “Rising Star,” 2020

Education

J.D., George Washington University Law School
  • Executive Editor, George Washington Law Review
B.A., Tufts University

Professional history

  • Davis Polk since 2024
  • Partner, Simpson Thacher, 2022-2024
  • Counsel, Simpson Thacher, 2021-2022
  • Associate, Simpson Thacher, 2015-2021
  • Associate, K&L Gates, 2011-2015

Qualifications and admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • State of New York
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