Debbie Sutter is Counsel in Simpson Thacher’s Registered Funds Practice. Based in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office, Debbie focuses on a broad range of investment management issues related to registered funds, registered investment advisers and fund boards. She advises asset management firms on the operation and formation of investment funds, including interval funds, listed closed-end funds and business development companies.
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Work Highlights
- Franklin Templeton/Legg Mason in connection with ongoing matters for its closed-end funds – including an IPO, ATM offerings and fund mergers – and non-traded REIT
- Blackstone Credit in connection with ongoing matters for its closed-end funds (both listed and interval) and the launch of its BDC platform
- New Mountain in connection with the launch of three of its private BDCs
- Apollo in connection with its advisory practice and interval closed-end fund
- KKR in connection with the formation of KKR Private Equity Conglomerate LLC
Education
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William and Mary School of Law, 2015 J.D.
summa cum laude; Order of the Coif
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University of Virginia, 2010 B.A.
Associations
- Co-Chair of the Investment Management Committee of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia (2022 - Present)
Clerkships
- Hon. Glen E. Conrad, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, 2015-2016
Admissions
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District of Columbia 2017
Debbie Sutter is Counsel in Simpson Thacher’s Registered Funds Practice. Based in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office, Debbie focuses on a broad range of investment management issues related to registered funds, registered investment advisers and fund boards. She advises asset management firms on the operation and formation of investment funds, including interval funds, listed closed-end funds and business development companies.
Debbie previously served as a law clerk for the Honorable Glen E. Conrad of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
Debbie received her J.D. from William and Mary Law School, summa cum laude and Order of the Coif, where she was a Communications Editor for The William and Mary Law Review. She received her B.S. from the University of Virginia. Debbie is a contributor to Simpson Thacher’s quarterly Registered Funds Alert.