Zach Paterick

ZACH PATERICK represents alternative asset managers and institutional investors in connection with private capital investment structures and transactions. His practice spans hedge, private credit, private equity, secondaries, venture capital and real estate strategies, as well as hybrid and strategic products. He advises and represents a wide range of investment advisory firms, fund sponsors, asset managers and institutional asset allocators in a variety of formation, transactional, and regulatory matters. Zach regularly advises lead investors in GP-led fund and other primary and secondary special situation transactions, seed and acceleration capital transactions, lift out and similar strategic asset-management transactions.

Zach is a member of Sidley’s award-winning Investment Funds practice, which provides top-tier service to all aspects of the private funds industry. Chambers USA awarded the group top band rankings in Hedge Funds every year since 2008. Sidley has also been named “Law Firm of the Year” in Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law in U.S. News – Best Lawyers 2022 “Best Law Firms.”

Zach received his B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross (Economics-Accounting), his J.D. magna cum laude from The University of Michigan Law School and his MBA from The University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Zach graduated from Michigan Law as a member of its chapter of The Order of the Coif. Zach is a former CPA (not renewed) in the State of Illinois.

• LSV Advisors as lead investor in a strategic transaction sponsored by Tene Capital.
• LSV Advisors as co-lead investor in a single-asset continuation fund investing in Sentry Aerospares.
• RoundShield in a strategic transaction pursuant to which Harrison Street Asset Management acquired a majority stake in RoundShield.
• Eldridge in the launch of Eldridge Acre Partners, a real estate asset management platform.
• Multi-manager hedge fund in connection with its portable alpha fund platform.
• Multi-manager hedge fund in the onboarding of an external portfolio manager.
• Multiple hedge fund managers in connection with the separately managed account relationships with multi-manager funds and SMA platforms.
• U.S. investment managers launching hedge funds with varying strategies.
• Institutional asset manager as lead investor in a GP-led private fund transaction relating to a primary investment in a critical mineral mine.
• Institutional asset manager as lead investor in a GP-led private fund transaction relating to a primary investment in an energy solutions platform.
• Non-U.S. investment holding company in connection with a single investor fund allocation relating to CMBS notes.
• Non-U.S. investment holding company in connection with a GP-led investment in a data center buildout.
• Asset manager in connection with an acceleration capital investment hedge fund asset manager.
• Asset manager in connection with the launch of a dual master specialty and asset-backed private credit fund.
• Asset manager in connection with the launch of an evergreen specialty and asset-backed private credit fund.
• Asset manager in connection with the launch of a private consumer credit fund.
• Asset manager in connection with the launch of a closed-end private fund focused on GP-led fund and special situation transactions.
• State pension plan in connection with its separately managed account platform and real estate investment allocations.
• An insurance platform, as investor, in connection with its private equity fund asset allocations.