Corey Dietrich advises private fund sponsors, institutional investors and other market participants on complex secondary transactions, including sales and purchases of fund interests, GP-led transactions, single-asset spin-outs, fund recapitalizations, preferred financings and stapled secondary transactions. With more than a decade of experience focused exclusively on secondaries, he represents a new generation of practitioners who have devoted their entire careers to the liquidity solutions space, bringing a deep, practice-first perspective to every angle of the secondary market. Corey is particularly active in the private credit secondary market, where he has played a leading role in several of the largest transactions closed to date.
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Work Highlights
Experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:
- Antares Capital on the closing of its first continuation vehicle with over $1.2 billion in commitments
- Antares Capital in its investment in Guggenheim Investments’ private credit vehicle, which closed with $1.2 billion in commitments
- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, GIC, StepStone and funds managed by Hamilton Lane on their investments into PSG’s continuation fund, PSG Sequel, which closed with $2 billion in capital commitments
- ICG on its investment on Onex's continuation vehicle for Ryan
- Lexington Partners as a lead investor in the closing of Gryphon Investors’ single-asset continuation vehicle organized in connection with the acquisition of Vessco Water
- A leading direct lending fund on the closing of a continuation vehicle with over $1 billion in total commitments
- A leading global alternative investment manager in connection with the closing of a continuation vehicle
Accolades
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Secondaries Investor, "Next Gen Leaders of Secondaries," 2024
Education
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Fordham University School of Law, 2016 J.D.
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Union College, 2013 B.A.
Corey Dietrich is a Partner in the Firm’s Sponsor Transactions and Advisory Practice. Based in New York, he advises private fund sponsors, institutional investors and other market participants on complex secondary transactions, including sales and purchases of fund interests, GP-led transactions, single-asset spin-outs, fund recapitalizations, preferred financings and stapled secondary transactions. With more than a decade of experience focused exclusively on secondaries, he represents a new generation of practitioners who have devoted their entire careers to the liquidity solutions space, bringing a deep, practice-first perspective to every angle of the secondary market. Corey is particularly active in the private credit secondary market, where he has played a leading role in several of the largest transactions closed to date.
Experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:
- Antares Capital on the closing of its first continuation vehicle with over $1.2 billion in commitments
- Antares Capital in its investment in Guggenheim Investments’ private credit vehicle, which closed with $1.2 billion in commitments
- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, GIC, StepStone and funds managed by Hamilton Lane on their investments into PSG’s continuation fund, PSG Sequel, which closed with $2 billion in capital commitments
- ICG on its investment on Onex's continuation vehicle for Ryan
- Lexington Partners as a lead investor in the closing of Gryphon Investors’ single-asset continuation vehicle organized in connection with the acquisition of Vessco Water
- A leading direct lending fund on the closing of a continuation vehicle with over $1 billion in total commitments
- A leading global alternative investment manager in connection with the closing of a continuation vehicle
Corey was named to Secondaries Investor’s “Next Gen Leaders of Secondaries: Class of 2024.” He earned his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 2016 and his B.A. from Union College in 2013. He is admitted to practice in New York.