Jesse P. Kanach

Jesse Kanach is co-chair of the firm’s private investment funds practice and provides comprehensive advice on all aspects of the asset management industry. He represents a broad range of clients from domestic and international investment advisers and private funds — including hedge funds, venture capital funds, private equity funds, private credit funds, real estate funds, and cryptocurrency funds — to family offices and regulated investment companies such as business development companies (BDCs). Jesse has experience in counseling registered fund clients on their launches of private funds and counseling private fund clients on their entry into the registered fund space, including the launch of interval funds and discretionary repurchase funds of private funds, as well as conversions of private funds into registered funds. The retailization or democratization of private markets investments continues to be an important part of his practice. Since mid-2025, Jesse has been a vice chair of the Private Funds Subcommittee of the American Bar Association.