Biography
Lana Castor is a partner in Weil’s Private Funds practice and is based in New York. Lana advises private investment fund sponsors in the formation, structuring and negotiation of their investment funds ranging from first time funds to multi-billion dollar platforms across a wide variety of asset classes. Lana also represents private investment fund sponsors and their personnel in connection with economic sharing arrangements and governance issues. In addition, Lana also has significant experience in representing private funds and institutional investors in connection with co-investments and fundless sponsor solutions. Lana also regularly advises sponsors and certain institutional investors in connection with secondary transactions involving interests in private equity funds, including continuation funds, fund restructurings, purchases of portfolios of fund interests and other strategic transactions.
Lana’s representative clients include Agellus Capital, American Securities, Brookfield Asset Management, Energy Spectrum, JLL Partners, Lee Equity Partners, Terminus Capital Partners and Tritium Partners.
Lana is recommended for Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital) by Legal 500 US.
Lana received her J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A., with high honors, from University of Michigan.