Bio

Michael Earley is co-leader of the Firm's Private Equity Practice. He advises fund sponsors, institutional investors, and investment advisors across the globe on a broad range of matters, including structuring private investment funds, portfolio investments, co-investments, and secondary transactions. His experience spans multiple asset classes, including buyout, private credit, venture capital, infrastructure, and real estate. Michael also provides strategic advice to private fund sponsors on their internal structuring, governance, and compensation matters. He also has experience working on transactions involving the sale of significant minority investments in fund management businesses for sponsors and institutional investors. Michael's work with institutional investors includes work on primary investments, co-investments, direct investments, and secondary transactions. In the community, Michael serves as a director of the Western Golf Association Evans Scholars Foundation and a member of board of the Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund.