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Michael Sabin

Michael Sabin

Partner

Partner
Michael Sabin

Michael Sabin is a Partner in the New York office of Clifford Chance and the co-head of the U.S. Funds and Investment Management Practice. He focuses on the investment management sector and has extensive experience advising investment managers on the structuring, formation and operation of private funds and accounts across all strategies, including credit, private equity, growth, real assets, energy and infrastructure, as well as related strategic transactions and internal arrangements. Michael also advises sponsors, investors and investment teams in connection with complex secondary transactions, minority investments in fund managers, spinouts and seeding arrangements.

Michael's recent experience includes acting for clients such as Alecta, American Landmark, Capital Dynamics, DWS, Five Arrows (Rothschild & Co.), Greystone & Co, JPMorgan Asset Management, ICONIQ Capital, Martello Re, Power Sustainable, TCW, Tikehau and UBS Asset Management.

  • Power Sustainable on the formation of its inaugural private equity fund focused on decarbonization and its energy & infrastructure funds
  • Five Arrows, the merchant banking division of Rothschild & Co., on multiple private fundraises and initiatives
  • Mercer Alternatives on the formation of multiple vintages of its Private Investment Partners (PIP) funds-of-funds, and on secondary and primary investment transactions
  • Tikehau Capital on its inaugural US private credit secondaries investment program
  • Capital Dynamics on a number of private funds and managed accounts, including clean energy and infrastructure, direct lending and secondaries strategies
  • Oil & Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) on its U.S. Decarbonization Acceleration Fund
  • Blackstone Credit on formation of certain private funds and managed accounts
  • TCW Asset Management on the formation of its direct lending, rescue financing, structured credit and specialty finance private funds and accounts
  • UBS (formerly Credit Suisse Asset Management) on the formation of its structured credit funds
  • Investment management division of a global bank in the establishment of its infrastructure debt third party investment program and the formation of third party capital vehicles
  • Schroders North America on the formation of its securitized credit funds
  • Alignment Debt Holdings on its direct lending funds
  • American Landmark and Electra America on real estate hospitality and multi-family funds
  • DF Capital Management on its real estate funds
  • Northwind Group on its real estate debt funds and real estate healthcare debt funds
  • Greystone & Co. in the formation of its inaugural real estate debt fund with over $1.25 billion in commitments and additional real estate fundraising initiatives
  • Grubb Properties on funds focused on multi-family real estate
  • Capital Dynamics on the lift-out of certain U.S. clean energy infrastructure (CEI) funds by APG, CALSTRS, and a subsidiary of ADIA, and the transfer of assets held by such funds to the consortium of investors; and on the spin-off sale of CD Arevon USA, Inc., including certain members of its CEI team, to the consortium to form Arevon Energy, Inc.
  • Colony Capital (now DigitalBridge) in the bid for management rights of certain funds under management of Abraaj Group (in liquidation) and assumption of management of Latin American private equity funds
  • Private equity firms, senior executives and investment teams in negotiation  of  internal  arrangements, spinouts and separation arrangements
  • Alecta, Arison Investments, British Coal, ICONIQ Capital, Martello Re, T-Corp, Zurich and other institutional investors in their private fund investments, seed investments, SMA arrangements and secondary transactions

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Career and qualifications

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem ( LLB, Law) 2005, magna cum laude, Editor in Chief of Law Review
  • Harvard Law School (LLM) 2007
  • Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 2008
  • Joined Clifford Chance as a Partner 2017

Professional bodies

  • Member of the American Bar Association

Awards and citations

  • Recommended Lawyer
    The Legal 500: Private Equity: Fund Formation and Management
  • “Michael is extremely knowledgeable, dedicated and well versed in industry standards and ongoing market conditions. He provides relevant advice and thinks three steps ahead to anticipate our needs.” Chambers USA 2025: Private Equity: Fund Formation