Victoria S. Forrester

1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019

A partner in the Investment Funds Group, Victoria Forrester is Co-Head of North American Investment Funds. Forrester focuses her practice on the formation and operation of a variety of private investment funds, including buyout, secondary, direct lending, special situations, growth, mezzanine, opportunistic, real estate, infrastructure and other private investment vehicles, and their respective management companies. In addition to advising on a wide range of fund formation issues, she also advises fund managers on all aspects of the business of alternative asset management, including regulatory issues, management company “upper-tier” arrangements, investment management M&A transactions, seeding arrangements and GP-led secondary transactions.

Lawdragon Honors

Honor	Year	Practice
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation	2026	Investment Funds
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America	2026	Private Funds
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation	2025	Investment Funds
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America	2025	Private Funds
The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation	2024	Corporate, esp. Private Equity
The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America	2024	Private Funds
Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation	2023	Corporate, esp. Private Equity

Forrester’s private investment fund clients have included:

Apollo Global Management
Centerbridge
KKR
MPowered Capital
Roark Capital Group
TPG Angelo Gordon
Värde Partners
Veritas Capital

Forrester maintains an active role in other various pro bono representations, including: the formation, governance and regulation of not-for-profit companies, pro bono immigration client representation and various organizations seeking to support women in the investment funds industry. Forrester contributes regularly to a number of other thought leadership publications and client memoranda on various funds topics. Some of her recent articles include “Five Reasons to Become a Private Funds Lawyer” in Vault, “Life After the End of Life of a Private Fund” in The Review of Securities and Commodities Regulation, “Top ESG Trends for 2021: Stability and Sustainability in the Investment Community” in Refinitiv’s 2021 ESG Playbook and “Private Equity Fundraising: Notable Trends in 2020” for American Investment Council.