Michael W. Brasher
Advises sponsors on the formation and operation of private funds and related regulatory matters. Represents sponsors and investors in complex secondary transactions.
Michael’s practice focuses on the representation of private fund sponsors in the establishment, marketing and operations of private investment funds, including private equity, private credit, secondary, hedge, real estate, and co-investment funds and funds of funds. He also regularly advises sponsors and investors on complex secondary transaction matters, including GP-led secondary transactions.
Michael also represents management teams in investment adviser spin-outs and advises institutional investors that invest in private funds. He advises on sales and acquisitions of asset management firms and GP stakes deals. Michael also represents emerging fund sponsors, advises sponsors and investment professionals on upper-tier matters and also provides regulatory and compliance advice to his private fund clients.
Michael is a Member (and past Secretary) of the NYC Bar Association’s Private Investment Funds Committee and a Member of the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association.
Experience
- Morgan Stanley Private Equity Secondaries:
- in raising a $2.5 billion secondaries fund focused on single asset GP-led transactions
- on multiple secondary transactions
- Amberjack Capital Partners multiple GP-led secondary transactions, continuation fund formations and co-investment vehicle formations
- Antares Capital on the formation of:
- Antares Senior Loan Fund II, a $6 billion private credit fund
- fund-of-one managed accounts with an Asian sovereign wealth investor
- An institutional investor in the formation of multiple secondaries funds
- White Deer Management on a $300 million single-asset continuation vehicle transaction and related fund formation
- A first-time sponsor in the formation of a direct lending credit fund
- A global bank’s alternative investment group in connection with multiple co-investment transactions and co-investment vehicle fund formations
- Virgo Investment Group on a multi-asset GP-led secondary
- Leading real estate secondary sponsor in connection with a $1.5 billion real estate secondary fundraise
- Coller Capital on multiple GP-led secondaries
- Trilantic Capital Management on the formation of:
- Trilantic Capital Partners VI, a $2.75 billion private equity fund
- Trilantic Energy Partners II, a $437 million energy fund
- Trilantic Capital Management on the formation of co-investment vehicles in connection with several transactions
- Parallaxes Capital Management on the formation of multiple private funds and co-investment funds to invest in tax receivable agreements
- RoundTable Healthcare Partners on the formation of its Equity Fund VI which raised an aggregate of $800 million in capital commitments
- Lightyear Capital on the formation of and the sale of interests in Lightyear Fund V, L.P., a $1.52 billion fund
- Lightyear Capital in various co-investment vehicles for an Asian sovereign wealth fund
- RoundTable Healthcare Partners on the formation of its Equity Fund V which raised $700 million in capital commitments
- Avenue Capital on the formation of multiple credit funds and a GP-led secondary transaction
- SPF Investment Management in connection with a private fund complex
- Reverence Capital Partners on the $1.25 billion fund raise of its second buyout fund
- Godspeed Capital on its strategic partnerships with East Rock Capital
Insights
Education
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- Public Affairs Editor, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
Prior experience
- Hillary for America, 2015-2016
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York