Bio

Bret Chrisope is a corporate partner in Fried Frank's Asset Management, Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice, resident in the firm's Washington, DC office. He joined the firm in 2018 and became a partner in 2020. Bret represents clients on a broad range of transactional matters including public and private mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, minority and growth equity investments, co-investments, private equity fund secondary transactions and general corporate governance matters. He also has extensive experience advising on the regulation of banks, investment managers and other types of financial institutions. Prior to joining Fried Frank, Bret was Vice President & Associate General Counsel in the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs. He advised the company on private equity transactions, capital raising activities and bank regulatory issues, and also provided high-level legal support to a number of its portfolio companies. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Bret practiced at a large international law firm in New York, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and financial services regulation.