
Kosy Herbert Nduka
Associate
Areas of Focus
- Investment Management
- Private Equity
- Fund Formation
- Institutional Investors
- Hedge Funds
- Credit Funds
- Sovereign & Government Investors
- Energy & Natural Resources Funds
- Real Estate & Infrastructure Funds
- Private Funds Liquidity Solutions
- Represents private fund managers, sponsors and investors across various jurisdictions.
- Guides institutional investors, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and endowments, through all stages of the investment lifecycle.
Kosy advises clients on the formation, organization and operation of investment fund vehicles, including private equity funds, credit funds, hedge funds, venture capital funds and real estate funds. He helps fund sponsors, including ADGM and DFIC sponsors, navigate secondary transfer processes.
Kosy also counsels clients on their regulatory compliance obligations, including under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and during SEC examinations.
Prior to joining Akin, Kosy was an investment funds associate at another global law firm in New York, where he worked on several multibillion-dollar real estate funds in the United States, Middle East and Europe. He previously practiced at Olaniwun Ajayi, a prominent commercial law firm in Lagos, Nigeria, where he represented clients in the oil & gas sector.
Kosy received his J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law and holds an LL.M. from the University of Illinois College of Law, where he served as the chairperson of the Community Preservation Clinic. He earned his Nigerian law degree from the University of Nigeria College of Law, where he was an associate editor for the University of Nigeria Law Review.
EducationJ.D., University of Iowa College of Law, with honors, 2022
LL.B., University of Nigeria, with high honors, 2014
Master’s Degree in International Business Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with honors, 2018
J.D., University of Iowa College of Law, with honors, 2022
LL.B., University of Nigeria, with high honors, 2014
Master’s Degree in International Business Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with honors, 2018
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