Kari concentrates her private equity and investment funds practice on representing private equity funds of funds, other investment advisers, and institutional investors in a broad range of matters involving investment funds and investments. She draws on extensive experience, including several years as general counsel to a global family office and private equity fund, to develop practical solutions that help clients meet their business objectives.
Kari devotes a significant portion of her practice to counseling investment advisers on regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and sponsorship of private investment funds as well as organizing a full range of private investment funds, including leveraged buyout, venture capital, real estate, senior debt, mezzanine debt, and special focus funds. In the private equity side of her practice, she represents funds of funds focused on primary investments in middle-market leveraged buyout funds, distressed opportunities funds, real estate funds, and venture capital funds; traditional and synthetic secondary investments in private equity funds and real estate investments; and direct co-investments in private equity, mezzanine, and real estate transactions.
In her work for domestic and international institutional investors, Kari advises them on alternative investments, including primary investments in hundreds of private equity funds, mezzanine funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, special focus funds, traditional and synthetic secondary investments, and direct co-investments.
Prior to joining Mintz, Kari was a partner in the Fund Formation team and a member of the Private Equity and Investment Funds group in the Boston office of an international law firm. She also served as US general counsel to a global family office and private equity fund for nearly three years. Earlier, she was counsel at another Boston-based global law firm.
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2025 Private Equity Trends Outlook
November 19, 2024 | Blog | By Gregory Fine, Kari Harris, Kurt Steinkrauss, Matthew T. Simpson
Learn more about important trends in 2025 for the private equity landscape, including the expansion of continuation vehicles as a vital liquidity tool, heightened regulatory scrutiny and antitrust pressures introducing both challenges and opportunities, and interest rate cuts and evolving buyer-seller risk tolerance creating a more complex deal environment.
Compliance Dates Are Set: A Roadmap for Private Fund Advisers to Start Preparing for the SEC’s New Rules for Private Fund Advisers
October 4, 2023 | Alert | By David Adams, Kari Harris, Steve Ganis, Talia S. Primor
In this alert, we summarize the rules and provide a chart detailing key aspects of each rule and steps clients can take to prepare for implementation of the rules’ requirements.
Expansive SEC Predictive Data Proposal Surprises Broker-Dealers, Advisers & Technology Providers
August 10, 2023 | Alert | By David Adams, Steve Ganis, Kari Harris, Pete Michaels , Talia S. Primor
Read about recently proposed SEC rules for conflicts of interest in the use of predictive data analytics or similar technologies by broker-dealers and investment advisers.
SEC Moves Quickly On Its 55-Part Rulemaking Agenda
July 27, 2023 | Alert | By David Adams, Steve Ganis, Kari Harris, Pete Michaels , Talia S. Primor
Read about two new SEC rule proposals that would impact investment advisers and funds and SEC rulemakings in the works that would affect investment advisers or broker-dealers.
News & Press
Mintz Advises DW Healthcare Partners on Continuation Fund
December 05, 2024
Mintz advised DW Healthcare Partners (DW) on the organization of a continuation vehicle to extend DW’s investment in its portfolio company, Med Learning Group, a continuing medical education company, and to provide additional capital to support the company’s further development and growth.
Buyouts Insider quoted Investment Funds Chair, Kari Harris in an article analyzing the position LPs (Limited Partnership) face in the current fundraising environment.
Women-Led Firms Are A Bright Spot In 2023’s Fundraising Slump
August 16, 2023
Investment Funds Chair, Kari Harris spoke to TechCrunch+ about the current fundraising environment, specifically the recent increase of new women-led funds.
Investment Funds Chair, Kari Harris spoke to Buyouts Insider about the current fundraising environment.
Mintz Investment Funds Chair, Kari Harris spoke to TechCrunch about the challenging state of venture firm fundraising.
LPs Push Back Against ‘Pre-Clearance’ Of GP-Led Deals
February 3, 2023
Mintz Investment Funds Chair, Kari Harris spoke to Buyouts Insider on the resistance from limited partners (LPs) to 'pre-clearance' of general partner (GP) led deals.
Mintz’s Private Equity Practice Appoints New Leadership
November 17, 2022
Mintz has appointed Members Gregory Fine and Matthew T. Simpson to co-lead the Private Equity practice alongside current chair, Kurt Steinkrauss. The change is effective immediately.