Willkie Farr & Gallagher announced that Benoit Champon had joined the firm as a partner in its London office, where he will be a key part of the Asset Management Department. Champon’s practice focuses on fund formation, with a specific emphasis on secondaries funds and transactions.
Champon brings extensive experience to Willkie’s global private funds team, having advised on the formation and raising of various alternative investment funds, including private equity, real estate, and venture capital. He has also worked on both the buyer and seller sides of secondaries transactions. And his background includes working at international law firms across Europe and Asia, as well as serving as in-house counsel for asset managers in Paris and London.
This appointment further strengthens Willkie’s Private Funds practice group, which consists of more than 25 partners across its global offices.
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“Benoit brings substantial and varied fund formation experience to our global private funds team. Benoit’s comprehensive fund formation and transactional experience in the secondaries market will enhance our global capabilities, and we are delighted to welcome him to Willkie.”
Phil Isom, Chair of Willkie’s Private Funds practice group
“Willkie is highly regarded for its asset management platform, and the expansion in recent years of Willkie’s global private funds team has been impressive… The increased demand for liquidity solutions and growing volume of secondaries transactions presents significant opportunities, and I’m excited to work with Willkie’s talented practitioners in Europe and the U.S. to further extend Willkie’s private funds practice to clients worldwide.”
Benoit Champon, Partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher
