Senior Managing Associate
Brian M. Bowman
- Investment Funds
BRIAN BOWMAN advises investment advisers and financial institutions on the formation, offering, and operation of private equity, hedge, venture capital, and other private investment funds, including conduit vehicles, funds-of-funds, and single investor products. He places a growing emphasis on leveraging domain-specific data sets and generative AI tools to enhance the services provided to clients.
Brian represents institutional investors, such as pension plans, insurance companies, family offices, advisers to funds-of-funds, and foundations, in structuring their investments in funds and secondary transactions. He has significant experience in LP-led transactions involving fund interest portfolios on both the buy-side and sell-side. Additionally, Brian manages portfolio-scale due diligence projects for liquidity transactions, including structuring collateralized fund obligations. He also assists investment advisers with commercial operations, regulatory matters, compliance programs, and M&A transactions.
Brian has been recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2025) for his work in Securities and Capital Markets Law.
Brian received his J.D. from American University and his LL.M. from Columbia Law School where he was a James Kent Scholar.
Brian represents institutional investors, such as pension plans, insurance companies, family offices, advisers to funds-of-funds, and foundations, in structuring their investments in funds and secondary transactions. He has significant experience in LP-led transactions involving fund interest portfolios on both the buy-side and sell-side. Additionally, Brian manages portfolio-scale due diligence projects for liquidity transactions, including structuring collateralized fund obligations. He also assists investment advisers with commercial operations, regulatory matters, compliance programs, and M&A transactions.
Brian has been recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2025) for his work in Securities and Capital Markets Law.
Brian received his J.D. from American University and his LL.M. from Columbia Law School where he was a James Kent Scholar.
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Education
- Columbia Law School, LL.M., 2017 (James Kent Scholar)
- KU Leuven, LL.M., 2011
- American University, Washington College of Law, J.D., 2009 (cum laude)
- Hofstra University, M.S., 2004
- Hofstra University, B.A., 2003