Chino Anukwuem

Overview

Chino is an Associate in Linklaters’ New York office and a member of the U.S. Investment Funds Group. Chino focuses her practice on representing fund sponsors, asset managers and investors regarding the formation and operation of private investment funds across diverse strategies. She advises on the fundraising process, including preparing offering and governing documents and forming onshore and offshore investment structures.

Chino has represented a diverse group of fund sponsors, asset managers and institutional investors, including, among others, Ardian, Barings, DRA Advisors, DuPont Capital Management and J.P. Morgan.

Experience

• Advised a major global bank’s private wealth and alternative investments group with the formation of onshore and offshore conduit fund vehicles with aggregate commitments exceeding US$350m.
• Advising a major global investment manager on the organization and offering of investment fund vehicles targeting US$4bn in investments in first lien senior secured loans.
• Advising a major global investment manager on the structuring and deployment of rated note feeders across a range of funds.
• Advising a major U.S. real estate manager regarding the formation of a US$2.3bn real estate investment fund vehicle.

Thought Leadership

• A Black Woman of Her Time: Patricia Roberts Harris, Barrier Breaker – ABA Business Law Section