Maya Reeves

Maya Reeves is a Partner in the Private Funds Practice at Simpson Thacher and is based in the Firm’s Houston office. She advises sponsors on the formation, structuring and operation of private equity funds, including buyout funds, infrastructure funds and co-investment funds, as well as funds-of-one and other similar custom arrangements.

Maya’s practice reflects a particular focus on middle-market funds in North and South America. Her experience includes representing some of the largest and most prominent private fund sponsors such as Blackstone, Carlyle, Grosvenor, KKR, Integrum, Palladium, Patria and Stonepeak in connection with numerous private fund formations.

Her experience includes the representation of:

• Integrum Holdings in connection with the establishment of its inaugural fund, the $1.1 billion Integrum Capital Partners
• Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in connection with the establishment of its inaugural renewable energy fund, the $2.75 billion Stonepeak Global Renewables Fund
• Patria in connection with multiple fundraises, including the $2 billion Patria Infrastructure Fund IV and the $2.75 billion Patria – Private Equity VI
• Intermediate Capital Group in connection with the establishment of ICG Strategic Equity Fund III and associated vehicles, which raised $2.4 billion
• Grosvenor in connection with the establishment of the $982.6 million GCM Grosvenor Multi-Asset Class Master Fund II
• Palladium in in connection with the establishment of the $1.56 billion Palladium Equity Partners V
• Blackstone in connection with the establishment of the $2.3 billion Blackstone Capital Partners Asia, Blackstone’s inaugural Asia-focused private equity fund

Maya has been with Simpson Thacher since receiving her J.D. in 2016 from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. She received her B.A. in 2011 from the University of Michigan, where she graduated with distinction and earned a Scholar Recognition Award. She is admitted to practice in New York.