Deborah Gruen advises sponsors on private equity fund formation and operations across numerous asset strategies, including infrastructure funds, buyout funds and real estate funds. She regularly advises some of the world’s most prominent fund sponsors, such as Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, Carlyle and KKR, among others. Deborah was recently recognized by Law360 as a Fund Formation “Rising Star” for 2023 and was also selected as a member of Law360’s 2022 Private Equity Board.
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Education
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Georgetown University Law Center, 2013 J.D.
cum laude; International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award; Lead Editor, Tax Lawyer
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Yale University, 2010 B.A.
summa cum laude; Louis F. Laun Award for Economics; Francis Gorda Brown Award; David Everett Chantler Award; Amanda Walton Award
Clerkships
- Hon. Roy W. McLeese III, District of Columbia Court of Appeals (2013-2014)
Deborah Gruen advises sponsors on private equity fund formation and operations across numerous asset strategies, including infrastructure funds, buyout funds and real estate funds. She regularly advises some of the world’s most prominent fund sponsors, such as Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, Carlyle and KKR, among others. Deborah was recently recognized by Law360 as a Fund Formation “Rising Star” for 2023 and was also selected as a member of Law360’s 2022 Private Equity Board.
Deborah joined the Firm in 2014 following a clerkship for the Hon. Roy W. McLeese III of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center in 2013 where she was a recipient of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers award and lead editor of Tax Lawyer. She received her B.A., summa cum laude, from Yale University in 2010.