Nick Lawler

Managing Director, Head of Secondaries at Churchill Asset Management

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Nick serves as a Managing Director and Head of Secondaries on the Private Equity and Junior Capital team at Churchill Asset Management, based in Chicago. His responsibilities include oversight of origination, underwriting and portfolio management activities for secondary investments. Prior to joining Churchill in 2022, he spent 10 years at 50 South Capital Advisors, LLC, the alternative investment arm of Northern Trust Corporation, where he was a Senior Vice President and helped build and lead the firm’s secondaries business. Nick also served on 50 South Capital’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. Before joining 50 South Capital, he was a member of Northern Trust’s Global Opportunities in Leadership Development (“GOLD”) program on the Investments Track – Northern’s functional and management training program. Nick joined Northern Trust in 2008 and began his career in Wealth Management.

Nick holds a B.A. in political science and minor in history from Boston College, where he was a member of the men’s varsity golf team, competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.