Noel Ainsworth

Partner

Noel Ainsworth is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Business and Finance Practice and a member of the Private Investment Funds Practice. Noel focuses his practice on the structuring, formation, and operation of private investment funds, including credit and distressed credit, buyout, venture, infrastructure, clean energy, and real estate; the structuring, formation and operation of fund of funds and secondary funds; secondary market purchases and sales of private fund interests; and the representation of investors in private investment funds.  As part of his practice, he advises fund management teams on the establishment of new fund management businesses including spinouts, restructurings, and mergers.

Noel is recognised as a leading private funds lawyer by Chambers UK and the UK Legal 500 directories, and is also recommended as a leading private funds lawyer in the International Who's Who of Private Funds Lawyers, the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, PLC Which Lawyer? and in PLC's Cross-Border Private Equity Handbook. Noel also won the "UK Private Funds Lawyer of the Year" award at the Finance Monthly Magazine Global Awards for Achievement 2010 for advising on a private equity funds merger.

Noel is a frequent speaker at private equity conferences and events.  He also participates in various events of the UK private equity industry body, the British Venture Capital Association.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Noel was a partner in the financial services practice of an international law firm resident in its London office, where he was tasked with developing the firm's closed end private investment  funds practice.

Noel received an LL.B., with honors, from University of London in 1994.