Speakers

Kelly Ryan is the global leader of Kirkland & Ellis’ fund formation practice for real assets, with over 27 years of experience focused exclusively on real estate private equity, infrastructure, data centers and other real assets across the U.S., Europe and Asia. Kelly represents many of the largest global private equity firms, as well as sector-specific operators and allocators, newly formed spin-outs and family offices involved in launching investment vehicles and platforms, including open-end and permanent capital products, closed-end funds, club deals and separately managed accounts. A significant portion of his practice also focuses on real estate M&A, GP stakes, continuation funds and other liquidity events involving private equity firms and their portfolio companies.