Twaji Ewool
Senior Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Credit Funds
- Hedge Funds
- Real Estate & Infrastructure Funds
- Institutional Investors
- Fund Formation
- Investment Management
- Focuses on the structuring, formation, fundraising and ongoing operations of investments funds.
- Counsels private fund managers across a broad array of strategies, including credit, private equity, hedge funds, venture capital, growth equity, hybrid funds, co-investments and funds-of-funds.
- Advises global fund managers, sponsors, investors, operators and other market participants in complex fund-related transactions.
Twaji has deep experience in representing established and first-time fund sponsors in all stages of operations, including fund formation, regulatory compliance and operational matters. He also counsels institutional investors in connection with their investments in private investment funds.
Prior to joining Akin, Twaji worked in the funds group of a global law firm based in Chicago and also worked as the associate general counsel and deputy compliance officer of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registered investment adviser that focused on credit strategies.
Twaji received a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law and a B.A. in political science from Georgetown University. Twaji is admitted to practice in New York and Texas.
EducationJ.D., Columbia Law School, 2013
Bachelor of Arts in Government, Georgetown University, 2008
J.D., Columbia Law School, 2013
Bachelor of Arts in Government, Georgetown University, 2008
Bar AdmissionsNew York
Texas
New York
Texas
