Matthew W. Howard

About Matthew W. Howard

Matthew Howard is a partner in the Investment Funds Practice Group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. For more than twenty years, Matt has advised his investment fund clients on asset management matters, including the structuring and offering of private investment funds and other alternative investment vehicles that have raised billions of dollars across asset classes and geographies.In addition, to his work on fundraisings, clients rely on Matt’s counsel and strategic advice on a variety of matters core to their businesses, including liquidity solutions, strategic investments, spin-outs and transformative acquisitions, management company arrangements, carried interest plans and other incentive arrangements. Matt regularly speaks on industry topics and is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law School, where he teaches \"Structuring Private Equity Funds and Transactions\" each spring semester.Matt has been recognized by Chambers USA: America\'s Leading Lawyers for Business in Private Equity: Fund Formation, where he is praised for being “extremely commercial,[and having] a very good depth of knowledge.” Clients also note that he is “thoughtful and responsive.” Additionally, Matt is recognized as a highly regarded practitioner in the 2025 edition of the This material may be considered attorney advertising under certain rules of professional conduct.

Experience

1. Adjunct Professor

   Georgetown Law

   Jul 2019 — Present · Washington, DC, US

Education

• Swarthmore College

  BA, Religion and Political Science

• New York University School of Law

  JD

  2001 — 2004