Partner

Claire Gibson Ragen

Real Estate Funds, Fund Formation & Investment Management, Investment Management

Overview

Claire Ragen is a partner in the Banking & Finance group who focuses on private investment funds and joint ventures. Claire has broad experience in the formation and structuring of real estate open-end and closed-end funds utilizing a variety of investment structures and investment strategies. Claire also has significant experience in structuring joint ventures, primarily involving real estate companies (including real estate investment trusts), as well as in other corporate and securities transactions. Claire regularly represents institutional investors in investment in private equity funds, hedge funds, managed accounts and other alternative investments.

Claire served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Jean C. Hamilton, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri from 2004-2005.

Education

  • Washington University School of Law, JD
    Order of the Coif
  • Saint Mary's College, BA, magna cum laude

Admissions

  • Illinois
  • Minnesota

Courts

  • US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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