Skye W. Smith
Partner
Areas of Focus
- Fund Manager Transactions
- Global Investment Adviser Regulatory
- Institutional Investors
- Investment Management
- Private Capital
- Private Credit
- Private Equity
- Private Equity Transactions
- Real Estate
- Seeding Transactions
- Sovereign & Government Investors
- Represents large institutional investors and entrepreneurial fund sponsors and managers, with a particular focus on sovereign wealth funds.
- Provides advice on complex investments across private equity, venture capital, distressed debt, infrastructure, hedge and real estate funds.
- Experienced in structuring and negotiating primary commitments, co-investments, continuation vehicles, separately managed accounts and bespoke investment arrangements.
- Serves as lead counsel to prominent sovereign wealth funds on complex cross-border transactions, strategic fund investments and governance considerations.
Skye advises large institutional investors, emerging fund sponsors and managers and other market participants accessing opportunities across global markets.
Serving as longtime counsel to the world’s premier investors, Skye represents sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), public and private pension plans, university endowments, funds of funds and family offices.
With a deep understanding of the issues unique to both institutional investors and sponsors, Skye assists clients navigating complex investment structures, cross-border matters and bespoke arrangements, helping them raise and deploy capital effectively while balancing commercial, regulatory and governance considerations.
Skye routinely educates clients on current market terms, emerging trends and negotiation dynamics. She brings practical and strategic legal insight to every stage of the investment process, helping clients assess risk, identify opportunities and achieve favorable outcomes.
EducationJ.D., University of North Carolina School of Law, 2010
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, cum laude, 2007
J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law, 2010
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, cum laude, 2007
Bar AdmissionsTexas
Texas
