Christina Devi Smith represents private equity sponsors in a full spectrum of investment fund issues.

Christina advises both established and emerging sponsors in a myriad of industries, including buyout funds, credit funds, venture capital funds, infrastructure funds, and co-investment funds. She draws on broad experience to advise clients on forming, structuring, marketing, and managing their investment vehicles, including:

  • Fund formation
  • Co-investments
  • Separately managed accounts
  • Internal sponsor economic arrangements
  • Continuation vehicles

With a focus on building long-term relationships, Christina helps clients structure and manage their investment vehicles and investor relations by providing practical and commercial advice, and developing innovative solutions to novel and complex problems as they may arise.

Christina maintains an active pro bono practice, with a focus on immigration.

Christina’s representative clients include:

  • Great Hill Partners
  • I Squared Capital
  • New Heritage Capital
  • Searchlight Capital Partners
  • TJC

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, New York University School of Law, 2017
  • BBA/BA in Marketing & Psychology, Emory University Goizueta Business School, 2013
    Highest Distinction (Top 5%)

Languages Spoken

  • English

Practices