Build the team your strategy needs.

GPS identifies associates, counsel, and partners in secondaries, funds, GP stakes, and asset management. Our broader experience spans private equity, M&A, tax, and financial services.

Hire the partners and supporting lawyers to establish or expand a practice. GPS advises on individual hires and team moves.

Understand hiring demand and compensation expectations before beginning a search.

Stefano Barbagallo leads the search practice across the United States and London. He practiced in private equity and funds in Australia before joining Kirkland & Ellis in New York, where he focused on secondaries and complex liquidity transactions.

From the archive: how partner moves are shaping secondaries practices (March 2026).