Jessica Lowe

JESSICA LOWE’s practice focuses on advising fund sponsors 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 fund sponsors on their fund formations, co-investments, continuation funds, separately managed accounts, and other capital raising platforms, Jessica advises fund sponsors on their internal matters, including carried interest schemes, general governance matters, and associated UK and European regulatory matters.

Jessica also represents prominent institutional investors, including state pension funds and sovereign wealth funds, in connection with their investments in private investment funds. She advises on co-investments, complex secondary transactions (including strip sales and continuation vehicles), and acquisitions of interests in fund sponsors (including GP stakes transactions.) Jessica has broad experience 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 also served as a trustee of QCCA between June 2016 and January 2020.

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 and the Field Fisher Waterhouse Prize.

Jessica’s representative matters include advising:

• A New York-based investment firm on the formation of its second hospitality-focused real estate investment fund that invests in hospitality-related real estate assets.
• A leading institutional buyside secondaries LP as “lead investor” on a number of GP-led single and multi-asset continuations funds.
• Temporis Capital on the final closing of Temporis Impact Strategy V Fund.
• Apollo-managed funds in their acquisition of a majority stake in Kelvion, a leading global provider of energy-efficient heat exchange and cooling solutions, from funds advised by Triton Partners.
• RoundShield Partners, a London-based private investment firm with deep expertise in asset-backed private credit, on the formation of its US$1 billion European special opportunities fund.
• RoundShield Partners on a strategic transaction pursuant to which Harrison Street Asset Management, the investment management division of Colliers, acquired a majority stake in RoundShield Partners.
• Sovereign wealth funds and large U.S. public pension plans on their private fund allocations and co-investments.
• U.S.-headquartered private markets allocator on their primary and co-investment commitments predominantly alongside private equity sponsors.
• Boston-based impact investment firm in connection with its GP-led liquidity offerings.
• European-focused mid-market private equity firm in connection with its debut fund and co-investment vehicles, with a focus on digital development and transformation.
• French private equity firm on the formation of its €7 billion flagship buyout fund, focusing on companies primarily in Europe with valuations of over €750 million, in core sectors such as food and consumer, healthcare, business services, and industrials.
• UK-based mid-market private equity firm on the formation of its debut European PE growth-expansion fund, focusing on growth-oriented investments that cater to the changing patterns of consumer behaviour and technology disruption.
• Toronto-based global alternative asset manager on the formation of its over €1 billion European-focused real estate core plus fund, primarily focused on France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, and the UK.
• UK-based mid-market private equity firm on the formation of its £500 million UK mid-market private equity fund, focusing on mid-market companies primarily in the UK.
• UK-based real assets-focused asset manager on the formation of its second special opportunities fund, focusing on sustainable real assets across Europe and North America, primarily in mid-market opportunities within the areas of real estate, infrastructure, energy transition, and natural capital.
• UK-based real estate investment firm on the formation of its second real estate fund, focusing on real estate investments in Central London.
• Emerging markets investment firm on the formation of a sustainable resources fund, focusing on strategic, long-term investments in natural resources and renewable energy.
  

Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.