Samara Sanderson

About Samara Sanderson

Partner in the Investment Funds Group at Kirkland & Ellis. Experience includes private equity fund formation, secondary transactions, and corporate governance matters. Practice primarily focuses on representing private fund sponsors in the formation, structuring and operation of private equity funds, management companies and other related entities, with a particular emphasis on first-time funds. Social interests include increasing diversity in law, closing the racial wealth gap, and advancing social impact funds.

Experience

1. Partner

   Kirkland & Ellis

   Oct 2021 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Samara Sanderson is a corporate partner in the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice primarily focuses on representing private fund sponsors in the formation, structuring and operation of private equity funds, management companies and other related entities, ranging from first-time sponsors to funds of over $5 billion. She also advises fund managers on a variety of general corporate counseling matters, management company events, secondary transactions and fund-related aspects of M&A transactions, including co-investment arrangements.

Education

• Florida State University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Finance, Marketing

  2008 — 2012

• Vanderbilt University Law School

  Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.), Law, A+ in Negotiation and Drafting of Corporate Documents

  2012 — 2015