Jacqui Eaves

Partner at Goodwin Procter

Speaker

Jacqui Eaves is a partner in Goodwin’s Private Equity and Private Investment Funds groups. She is a leading partner in the Secondaries team and focuses her practice on complex transactions including continuation funds, tender offers, portfolio sales and preferred equity.

Jacqui has been advising on secondaries transactions since 2015 and dedicated full-time to secondaries transactions since 2019. She also has extensive experience on a broad range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate advisory matters.

Jacqui was named a “2021 Secondaries Next Gen Leader” by Secondaries Investor, a list which recognizes the top 20 professionals working in the secondaries space aged 36 or younger.

Jacqui is a thought leader in the secondaries space and has authored numerous articles, including:

• Fund Finance: 2023 Reflections and Looking Ahead to 2024, Goodwin Alert, (February 2024)
• SEC Adopts Expansive (Albeit Slightly Softened) Private Funds Rules, Goodwin Alert, (August 2023)
• ILPA Publishes Guidance on Continuation Funds, Goodwin Alert, (May 2023)
• Emerging Trends in the Evolving Continuation Fund Market, Private Equity Law Report (July 2022)
• The rise of GP-led secondaries, Financier Worldwide, (September 2021)
• Current Trends in the PE Secondary Market and Key Differences Between Europe and the U.S., Private Equity Law Report, (October 2019)