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Barrie Covit is a partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department, where he is Co-Head of the Investment Funds Practice, Chair of the Firm’s Investment and Pension Committee and a member of the Firm’s Compensation Committee. Concentrating on alternative asset management, Barrie represents some of the largest, best-known sponsors of private equity funds, including Carlyle, KKR, Lexington Partners, BlackRock, J.C. Flowers, Corsair Capital and EQT. He has represented sponsors of funds that focus on investments in specific asset classes—including energy, financial services and the secondary market—throughout the world, including in Western Europe, South Africa and Brazil. In addition, Barrie represented the U.S. Treasury Department in connection with the $30 billion Public-Private Investment Program to purchase legacy assets from financial institutions. Barrie is ranked in the top tier of U.S. private funds practitioners by Chambers & Partners. Chambers has noted Barrie’s “deep experience across the private equity fund formation industry.” Additionally, Chambers has cited him as a "brilliant lawyer" and noted that "he is incredibly smart and he has a great commercial sense about him." Recently, Barrie was named by Law360 as an “MVP” for 2024. Barrie has also been named to the “Hall of Fame” and as a leading lawyer by The Legal 500 United States. In addition, he is referred to as a market leader by IFLR1000 and noted as a “Thought Leader” in the Lexology Index.