Global law firm Goodwin announces that Thiha Tun will join the firm’s Private Investment Funds practice as a partner, resident in the London office.
“Despite the fluctuating economic activity over the past couple of years, the secondaries market has remained robust with an uptick in traditional portfolio sales, structured secondaries, continuation funds and GP-led transactions,” said Michael Halford, co-chair of Goodwin’s Private Investment Funds practice. “At Goodwin, we are committed to adding top notch talent to our platform in this exciting growth sector, and Thiha certainly fits into that category. We are thrilled that he will be joining the firm.”
Thiha advises alternative asset fund sponsors, institutional investors and financial advisors on a broad range of issues, including fund formation and capital raisings, fund investments, GP and LP-led private equity, private debt and real estate secondary transactions, establishment of managed accounts, carried interest schemes and co-investment arrangements as well as fund organizations and reconstructions. Thiha has represented fund managers as well as major investors on the organization of funds, club deals, and customized investment solutions in private equity, real estate, infrastructure, cleantech, and hedge asset classes. He is regularly involved in financial services M&A, including asset manager acquisitions and joint ventures as well as portfolio company investments and financings.
Thiha is the fourth partner to join Goodwin’s expansive private investment funds practice in 2024, following the hires of Virginie Leroy in Luxembourg, Alicja Biskupska-Haas in New York and John Anderson in London.
With more than 200 dedicated lawyers and over fifty years of experience as innovators in fund structuring, Goodwin’s global Private Investment Funds team represents more than 1,000 investment managers around the world. The firm advises clients with funds ranging from less than $10 million to over $25 billion, with a particular focus in the private equity, real estate, technology, and life sciences sectors. The firm was recently named the Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law Firm of the Year by US News — Best Lawyers Best Law Firms 2023.
Goodwin was named the number one firm for global M&A by deal count, and ranked in the top ten for deal value in LSEG’s Q1 2024 league table. This continues the trend of Goodwin being named the number one firm (by deal count) for global M&A by LSEG in its full-year 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 league tables.
