30+ years guiding funds across asset classes and strategies, domestically and across the globe
Unmatched Expertise & Commitment
At the intersection of ambitious capital deployment and sophisticated legal strategy, Foley Hoag's Private Capital Group offers a premier, multidisciplinary practice serving the full spectrum of private investment activity. Our attorneys and professionals bring deep experience across the private capital landscape – venture capital, growth equity, private equity, fund formation, and private credit – advising sponsors, institutional investors, portfolio companies, and management teams at every stage of the investment life cycle. We provide a comprehensive suite of transactional, structuring, regulatory, tax, governance, and strategic counsel on matters ranging from emerging manager fund launches to complex, multi-billion-dollar transactions, and at the domestic and cross-border levels. We have built and continue to strengthen a dedicated team that works side-by-side with fund managers, institutional allocators, founders, and portfolio company leadership to navigate an increasingly dynamic and competitive private capital market.
Advising single- and multi-family offices on structuring, governance, direct and fund investments, co-investments, and succession planning to preserve and grow multigenerational wealth.
Forming and advising hedge funds across strategies, offering counsel on structure, trading arrangements, compliance, and investor terms.
Working with mission-focused investors, investment managers and nonprofits in in the structuring and implementation of funding structures and investment funds that maximize the balance between return on investment and social impact.
Representing investors (including OCIO’s) in connection with evaluating and structuring direct and fund investments, including tax considerations in relation thereto.
Representing direct lenders, credit funds, and specialty finance platforms in unitranche, mezzanine, NAV, preferred equity, and structured solutions.
Representing private equity and independent sponsors in all aspects of the formation and operation of private equity funds and SPVs, as well as providing full transaction support in connection with a wide range of investments and transactions, including platform acquisitions, add-ons, leveraged buyouts, debt financing, minority and growth investments, joint ventures, carve-outs, divestitures, restructurings, and other financings and exits.
Assisting SBIC management teams in navigating the fund formation and licensure process with the U.S. Small Business Administration, ongoing regulatory compliance and structuring of debt, equity, and buyout transactions for SBICs and their portfolio companies.
Working with sovereign wealth and pension plans in connection with the evaluation and structure of investments across all asset classes, including direct investments, investments in private investment funds and managed account relationship with asset managers.
Counseling fund sponsors across all stages and sectors on fund formation and compliance, and representing funds and venture-backed companies in negotiation and structuring of financings and exits.
Awards & Accolades
Best Lawyers Best Law Firms
Recognized nationally for Venture Capital law in the 2025 Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings; overall, Foley Hoag is ranked in 22 national & 40 regional categories
Chambers USA 2026
Ranked as a leading law firm in Chambers USA 2026 in Venture Capital Investment.
"Foley Hoag contains very keen attorneys with a strong business sense." - Client Testimonial
India Business Law Journal
Ranked as a "significant player" by India Business Journal on their list of best foreign law firms for the past 15 years
"Foley Hoag is a dependable adviser to many companies with an Indian interest as it handles everything from emerging company and venture capital work to employment matters, immigration issues, M&A, and human rights."
IFLR1000
Ranked as a notable firm for Hedge Funds in IFLR1000 2021-2022
MITIMCo
Recognized by MITIMCo as a recommended law firm in the U.S. and Canada for our private funds practice in representing emerging managers in 2021
Best Lawyers
55 Foley Hoag lawyers were listed in the 2025 edition; 2 attorneys named "Lawyer of the Year" and 38 attorneys recognized as “Ones to Watch”
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