Katy Kim is a partner in Willkie’s Asset Management Department. She is based in the Firm’s New York office.
Katy focuses her practice on the formation, structuring, marketing, management and regulatory compliance of investment funds. She counsels private fund sponsors on legal and governance matters, internal economic arrangements and strategic and operational matters, including co-investment arrangements, alternative investment vehicle structures and product line expansion. Katy has also advised private equity sponsors on preferred equity transactions and seeding arrangements. Her practice includes representing well-established sponsors in notable global fundraisings, as well as early-stage sponsors in the establishment of their operations and capital raising.
Katy focuses her practice on the formation, structuring, marketing, management and regulatory compliance of investment funds. She counsels private fund sponsors on legal and governance matters, internal economic arrangements and strategic and operational matters, including co-investment arrangements, alternative investment vehicle structures and product line expansion. Katy has also advised private equity sponsors on preferred equity transactions and seeding arrangements. Her practice includes representing well-established sponsors in notable global fundraisings, as well as early-stage sponsors in the establishment of their operations and capital raising.
Experience
- 2026 Fellow, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD)
Select matters include:*
- Represented Dawson Partners (formerly Whitehorse Liquidity Partners) on the formation of a $1.2 billion GP-led CFO offering.
- Represented Dawson Partners on the formation and raising of multiple funds, including:
- Dawson Portfolio Finance 6 LP, with its affiliated co-invest vehicles, an oversubscribed $7.7 billion secondaries fund.
- Dawson Equity 1 LP, a $300 million secondaries fund.
- Dawson GP Finance 1 LP, a $400 million secondaries fund.
- Dawson Portfolio Finance 5 LP, a $5+ billion secondaries fund.
- Dawson Portfolio Finance 4 LP, a $4 billion secondaries fund.
- Dawson Portfolio Finance 3 LP, a $2 billion secondaries fund.
- Dawson Portfolio Finance 2 LP, a $1 billion secondaries fund.
- Represented Deerfield Management on the formation and raising of Deerfield Healthcare Innovations Fund III, a $600+ million healthcare venture fund.
- Represented GTCR on the formation and raising of GTCR SGF II, a $3.6 billion buyout fund.
- Represented GTCR on the raising of an additional equity capital investment for the acquisition of a majority stake in a multinational financial technology company.
- Represented GTCR on the formation and raising of GTCR Fund XIV, an $11.5 billion buyout fund.
- Represented Clearlake Partners on the formation and raising of Clearlake Capital Partners VII, L.P., a $14+ billion buyout fund.
- Represented Trivest Partners on the formation and raising of Trivest Fund VII, L.P., a $950 million buy-out fund and Trivest Discovery Fund II, L.P., a $600 million fund buy-out fund.
- Represented Warburg Pincus on the formation and raising of multiple funds, including Warburg Pincus Global Growth, L.P.
*Katy advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.
Credentials
Education
BPP University Law School, L.P.C., 2014 University of Oxford, B.A. (honors), 2013