Bill Sturman

Partner, Clifford Chance

Bill's practice focuses on advising sponsors of open- and closed-ended private investment funds, including buyout, growth capital, real estate, infrastructure, secondaries, hedge, debt and hybrid funds. In addition to sponsors of US focused funds, Bill commonly advises funds sponsors targeting investments in Africa, India, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America.
He also represents market leading secondaries fund sponsors in connection with the purchase and sale of fund interests. Bill also advises clients on seeding arrangements for early generation funds and has extensive experience advising fund sponsors and investment professionals on carried interest programs. In addition to representing fund sponsors, he commonly represents investors investing in alternative investment funds and family offices in connection with the structuring and implementation of their investment strategies.