Jennifer Tian advises private equity sponsors on a full spectrum of complex regulatory matters.

Jennifer leverages extensive experience and a sophisticated understanding of the private equity landscape to guide clients on the regulatory aspects of:

  • Compliance with the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the Investment Company Act of 1940
  • Investment structuring
  • SEC examinations, investigations, and enforcement proceedings
  • M&A transactions involving registered investment advisers
  • Registration of investment advisers under the Advisers Act and related ongoing reporting requirements
  • Investment company status determinations under the 1940 Act

A recognized leader at the firm, she has served as a member of the Recruiting; Associates; and Inclusion, Opportunity & Community committees. Jennifer also served as local chair of Asian & Middle Eastern Lawyers Group.

Jennifer’s representative clients include:

  • Carousel Capital
  • Consonance Capital
  • Energy Capital Partners
  • Inverness Graham
  • Lindsay Goldberg
  • Searchlight Capital
  • Stepstone
  • VMG Partners

Bar Qualification

  • Illinois

Education

  • JD, Duke University School of Law, 2017
  • BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and Law, University of Pennsylvania, 2014
    summa cum laude

Practices