Brad Meissen
Partner at Sidley Austin LLP | Investment Funds, Private Equity, Emerging Companies and Venture Capital
- Role
- Partner at Sidley Austin LLP
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brad Meissen
Brad Meissen is a Partner of Sidley Austin LLP where he represents private equity and…
Experience
Partner
May 2015 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
Represents private equity and venture capital firms in connection with their organization, operations, management, capital raises, portfolio investments, and other strategic transactions. Significant experience representing both large sophisticated global asset management firms and emerging startup managers that operate and invest in different geographies (U.S. and abroad) and raise and deploy capital across multiple alternative asset classes, primarily focused on leveraged buyout, growth equity, venture capital, real estate, secondaries, private credit, and sports.Ranked in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA for Private Equity: Fund Formation (USA—Nationwide).Industry experience includes representing sponsors and investors in the energy and natural resources, sports, entertainment and media, airlines, biotechnology, infrastructure, FinTech, aviation, space exploration, healthcare, agriculture, cryptocurrency, insurance, gaming, education, and renewable energy industries. Represents limited partners and institutional investors in connection with their investments in funds, and advises clients in connection with complex secondary transactions, including restructurings, continuation funds, and other GP-led transactions. Regularly advises clients in a broad range of negotiated transactions, such as seed capital and anchor investor arrangements, joint ventures, co-investments, portfolio company investments, investment warehousing, single investor funds, placement agreements, credit facilities, carried-interest arrangements, spinouts, revenue shares, and other strategic transactions.Member of Sidley’s premier, award-winning Private Equity Fund Formation practice group which was awarded Chambers USA 20••••25 band rankings in Private Equity: Fund Formation. Sidley’s Investment Funds group has also been named “Law Firm of the Year” in Private Funds Law® in U.S. News – Best Lawyers 2022 “Best Law Firms.”
Education
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Doctor of Law (JD)
United States Air Force Academy
Bachelor’s Degree
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
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