Victoria Forrester

Partner at Paul, Weiss

Speaker

A partner in the Investment Funds Group at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Victoria Forrester is Co-Head of North American Investment Funds. Vicky focuses her practice on the formation and operation of a variety of private investment funds, including buyout, secondary, direct lending, special situations, growth, mezzanine, opportunistic, real estate, infrastructure and other private investment vehicles, and their respective management companies. In addition to advising on a wide range of fund formation issues, she also advises fund managers on all aspects of the business of alternative asset management, including regulatory issues, management company “upper-tier” arrangements, investment management M&A transactions, seeding arrangements and GP-led secondary transactions.

Vicky has been recognized in numerous industry awards and publications for her achievements in the private funds industry. In 2022, Vicky was named a “Rising Star” in fund formation by Law360. She is also named a “Recommended Lawyer” in private equity funds by The Legal 500 with the publication stating “[she] stands out. She is incredibly commercial, creative and a terrific partner.” Vicky was also shortlisted as a “Corporate Rising Star” by Euromoney for the 2021 Women in Business Law America Awards, which recognize women at the forefront of legal work in business law and firms that have produced initiatives and programs to support and encourage women and diversity within the industry. Beyond her legal practice, Vicky formally and informally mentors associates.

Vicky’s private investment fund clients have included Apollo Global Management, Centerbridge, KKR, MPowered Capital, Roark Capital Group, TPG Credit, Värde Partners and Veritas Capital, among others.

Vicky maintains an active role in other various pro bono representations, including: the formation, governance and regulation of not-for-profit companies, pro bono immigration client representation and various organizations seeking to support women in the investment funds industry. Vicky is actively involved in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Advisory Practice. Vicky contributes regularly to a number of other thought leadership publications and client memoranda on various funds topics. Some of her recent articles include “Five Reasons to Become a Private Funds Lawyer” in Vault and “Life After the End of Life of a Private Fund” in The Review of Securities and Commodities Regulation.