Reed T. Schuster
Reed is a partner in the Investment Management practice group. He has represented a wide variety of private fund managers, from emerging and start-up managers to global institutional asset management firms, on an array of transactional and regulatory matters, including the formation, offering and ongoing operation of private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit and venture funds, as well as fund restructurings and adviser-led secondary transactions. Reed also has advised clients on complex business transactions involving asset managers and other regulated financial services businesses, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, GP minority sales and other strategic transactions.
Reed has significant experience representing investment advisers on matters related to formation, structuring and governance, as well as registration with the SEC and ongoing compliance with federal securities laws and SEC regulations, including SEC examinations and investigations. Reed also has regularly advised clients with respect to investment company status issues under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as well as the drafting and negotiating of trading documentation relating to exchange-traded and over-the-counter investment products and hedges.
Experience Highlights
North Hudson Resource Partners in the formation of North Hudson Production Partners V, with total commitments of $344 million
Pearl Energy Investment Management in the formation of Pearl Energy Investments IV, with total commitments of $999.9 million
Blue Sage Services in the formation of Blue Sage Capital IV, with total commitments of $618 million
Nordic Capital in the formation of Nordic Capital Evolution Fund II, with total commitments of €2 billion
Triton Partners in the formation of Triton Debt Opportunities Fund III, with total commitments of over €1 billion
Rotunda Capital Partners in the formation of Rotunda Capital Partners Fund IV, with total capital commitments of $735 million
Nautic Partners in the formation of Nautic Partners XI, with total commitments of $4.5 billion
Mill Point Capital in the formation of Mill Point Capital Partners III, with total commitments of approximately $1.7 billion
Inflexion Private Equity Partners in the formation of Inflexion Partnership Capital Fund III, with total commitments of £1.75 billion
CORE Industrial Partners in the formation of CORE Industrial Partners Fund III, with total commitments of $887 million
Ares Management Corporation in the formation of Infrastructure Debt Fund V, with total commitments of approximately $5 billion
Fort Point Capital in the formation of FPC Small Cap Fund III, with total commitments of $340 million
Ergon Capital in the formation of Ergon Capital Partners V, with total commitments of €800 million
Nautic Partners in a strategic minority investment in its business by funds managed by Blackstone’s GP Stakes business
Inflexion Private Equity Partners in the formation of Inflexion Continuation Fund I, with total commitments of £2.3 billion
LAV Management Company in the formation of LAV Fund VII, its seventh USD life sciences fund
TPG Real Estate Partners in the formation of TPG Real Estate Partners IV, with total commitments of $6.8 billion
Nautic Partners in the formation of Nautic Partners X, with total commitments of $3.0 billion
Insignia Ventures Partners in the formation of Southeast Asia Early-Stage Funds, with total commitments of $516 million
HF Capital in its investment of up to $725 million in Ara Partners to launch Ara Energy Decarbonization
TPG in the formation of TPG Rise Climate, a global climate-focused fund with total commitments of $7.3 billion
Digital Alpha Advisors in the formation of Digital Alpha Fund II, with total commitments of over $1 billion
Blackstone Inc. in the formation of Blackstone Capital Opportunities Fund IV, with total commitments of $7 billion
Blue Sage Services in the formation of Blue Sage Capital III
Mill Point Capital in the formation of Mill Point Capital Partners II, with total commitments of $886 million
Nautic Partners in the formation of Nautic Partners IX, with total commitments of $1.5 billion
TPG Real Estate Partners in the formation of TPG Real Estate Partners III, with total commitments of $3.7 billion
Windjammer Capital Investors in the formation of Windjammer Senior Equity Fund V, with total commitments of $870 million
Credentials
- University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2011 (Editor-in-Chief, Minnesota Law Review)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A., Political Science, with Honors, 2006
- Law Clerk, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, June 2010–August 2010
- Texas
- Illinois
- New York
- Minnesota (inactive)
- Press ReleaseJune 23, 2025
Publications
- Sacrificing Functionality for Transparency? The Regulation of Swap Agreements in the Wake of the Financial Crisis, 62 Syracuse Law Review 385 (2012)
- Rule 14a-11 and the Administrative Procedure Act: It’s Better to Have Had and Waived, than Never to Have Had at All, 95 Minnesota Law Review 1034 (2011)
Seminars
- Panelist, “Papering up the Deal,” World Oilman’s Mineral & Royalty Conference, April 15, 2024