Sage Hughes is a Partner in the Firm’s Private Funds Practice and regularly advises some of the largest and most well-established private investment fund sponsors, including Blackstone, The Carlyle Group, HarbourVest, KKR and Morgan Stanley. She focuses on the formation, structuring and operation of onshore and offshore private investment funds and has deep experience in assisting sponsors on the development of vehicles across a range of strategies, including buyout, growth, infrastructure, credit, real estate and many others. Sage also regularly advises sponsors on governance and other internal sponsor arrangements, “funds-of-one,” separately managed accounts, co-investment vehicles, structured secondary transactions and regulatory compliance matters, as well as in connection with their investments in other asset managers.
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Work Highlights
- Carlyle in connection with multiple fundraises, including Carlyle Partners VII ($18.5 billion), and its Growth, Europe and Asia buyout strategies as well as its infrastructure credit platform
- KKR in connection with the launch and fundraising of its opportunistic real estate credit strategy
- Morgan Stanley in the fundraising of its infrastructure platform
- New Holland Capital in connection with fundraising and investment-related activities
- Almanac Realty Investors in connection with its acquisition by Neuberger Berman
Education
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University of Colorado, 2014 J.D.
Order of the Coif; Dean's List
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University of San Francisco, 2009 B.A.
summa cum laude; Dean's List; Alpha Sigma Nu
Sage Hughes is a Partner in the Firm’s Private Funds Practice and regularly advises some of the largest and most well-established private investment fund sponsors, including Blackstone, The Carlyle Group, HarbourVest, KKR and Morgan Stanley. She focuses on the formation, structuring and operation of onshore and offshore private investment funds and has deep experience in assisting sponsors on the development of vehicles across a range of strategies, including buyout, growth, infrastructure, credit, real estate and many others.
Sage also regularly advises sponsors on governance and other internal sponsor arrangements, “funds-of-one,” separately managed accounts, co-investment vehicles, structured secondary transactions and regulatory compliance matters, as well as in connection with their investments in other asset managers.
Sage received her J.D. from University of Colorado Law School, Order of the Coif. She received her B.A. from the University of San Francisco, summa cum laude.