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Linklaters appoints Matthew Keogh as Global Practice Head of Investment Funds
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Linklaters has announced the appointment of Matthew Keogh, Investment Funds Partner in the firm’s London office, as Global Practice Head of Investment Funds. Matthew’s appointment was with effect from 18 November 2025.
Matthew succeeds Silke Bernard who completed her four-year term last month. Silke will continue to lead Linklaters’ market leading Luxembourg funds practice.
Matthew has more than two decades experience advising leading sponsors and institutional investors on structuring and management of private credit, real estate, infrastructure and private equity funds. Matthew has also helped pioneer the European private funds market’s focus on private wealth, helping to build both the leading intermediary businesses in Europe as well as acting for multiple sponsors raising semi liquid side by side funds.
Global Head of Linklaters’ Finance Division
Linklaters maintains one of the strongest and most globally integrated funds practices in the world with 19 partners and over 100 lawyers across the key global financial hubs, including London, Luxembourg, New York, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong SAR, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi. Last year, the practice assisted clients in raising funds with a value in excess of US$140bn, whilst acting for the world’s largest cornerstone investors who committed over US$30bn to more than 250 funds.