JESSICA LOWE’s practice focuses on advising fund managers on the structuring, marketing, fundraising, and operation of their investment funds, with an emphasis on private equity, credit, real estate, and venture capital. In addition to working closely with clients on their fund formations, co-investments, continuation funds, separately managed accounts, and other capital raising platforms, Jessica advises clients on their carried interest schemes and associated UK and European regulatory matters, including ESG-related matters.
Jessica also has broad experience advising prominent institutional investors, including state pension funds and sovereign wealth funds, in connection with their investments in private investment funds. She advises on complex secondary transactions, including strip sales and continuation funds. Jessica has broad expertise across fund jurisdictions, including the UK, Luxembourg, and the Channel Islands.
Prior to joining Sidley, Jessica practiced in the London office of an international law firm. During this time, she spent nearly a year on secondment to a leading private equity firm headquartered in Boston, where she was responsible for handling legal matters relating to the firm’s capital raising activities, including the raising of a US$17 billion private equity fund. Jessica is a former board member of QCCA.
During her legal studies, she served as president of QMBC and vice-president of QM ABACUS, undertook pro bono work with Barnet Law Service and Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre, and received the Old Square Chambers Prize for Employment Law and the Field Fisher Waterhouse Prize for her paper on legal issues affecting start-ups and entrepreneurs.