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Colby Jenkins focuses his practice on a wide range of investment management matters with both sponsor- and LP-representations. He has extensive experience with the regulatory and contractual elements of closed-end, open-end, and hybrid private fund structures, including hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate funds, credit funds, access funds, and funds-of-funds. He regularly counsels domestic and foreign clients on U.S. federal and state investment adviser regulatory considerations.

He represents established and emerging fund sponsors and institutional, family office, and individual investors focused on a wide variety of investment sectors, ranging from traditional private equity investments to public market investments to investments in emerging alternative asset classes.

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Credentials

M.B.A., Yale University

J.D., University of Chicago

B.A. in English Literature, Duke University, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

High School Diploma, Choate Rosemary Hall

New York

North Carolina

Spanish

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In the News · Source: Law360 Pulse, Bloomberg Law, Global Legal Chronicle, Metro Atlanta CEO, and Daily Report

July 1, 2025
Investment Funds partner Colby Jenkins joins the firm’s Real Estate and Funds practice group in Atlanta

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Structured a $100 million credit fund targeting investments in real estate debt, corporate debt, and tactical credit.

Structured a $150 million fund-of-funds targeting investments in private equity and venture capital funds, as well as secondaries, co-investments, and general partner stakes.

Structured a $60 million private equity fund targeting investments in the industrials, manufacturing, and value-add distribution segments of the U.S. lower middle markets.

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Structured a $100 million credit fund targeting investments in real estate debt, corporate debt, and tactical credit.

Structured a $150 million fund-of-funds targeting investments in private equity and venture capital funds, as well as secondaries, co-investments, and general partner stakes.

Structured a $60 million private equity fund targeting investments in the industrials, manufacturing, and value-add distribution segments of the U.S. lower middle markets.

Structured a $25 million real estate GP sponsor fund targeting investments in sponsor-led joint ventures focused on distressed or under-performing commercial real estate properties in the southeast U.S.

Structured a $100 million feeder fund established to invest in a $5 billion climate impact master fund targeting investments in the global clean energy, decarbonized transportation, and green industrial segments.

Structured a $150 million feeder fund established to invest in a $4 billion private equity master fund targeting investments in brownfield infrastructure assets in the OECD countries in North America and Europe.

Structured a $200 million private credit fund targeting investments in commercial and non-commercial mortgage loans relating to U.S. commercial and residential real estate.

Structured a $50 million real estate fund targeting investments in portfolios of health care-related real estate properties.

News

In the News · Source: Law360 Pulse, Bloomberg Law, Global Legal Chronicle, Metro Atlanta CEO, and Daily Report

July 1, 2025
Investment Funds partner Colby Jenkins joins the firm’s Real Estate and Funds practice group in Atlanta

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Matters

Structured a $100 million credit fund targeting investments in real estate debt, corporate debt, and tactical credit.

Structured a $150 million fund-of-funds targeting investments in private equity and venture capital funds, as well as secondaries, co-investments, and general partner stakes.

Structured a $60 million private equity fund targeting investments in the industrials, manufacturing, and value-add distribution segments of the U.S. lower middle markets.

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Close

Matters

Structured a $100 million credit fund targeting investments in real estate debt, corporate debt, and tactical credit.

Structured a $150 million fund-of-funds targeting investments in private equity and venture capital funds, as well as secondaries, co-investments, and general partner stakes.

Structured a $60 million private equity fund targeting investments in the industrials, manufacturing, and value-add distribution segments of the U.S. lower middle markets.

Structured a $25 million real estate GP sponsor fund targeting investments in sponsor-led joint ventures focused on distressed or under-performing commercial real estate properties in the southeast U.S.

Structured a $100 million feeder fund established to invest in a $5 billion climate impact master fund targeting investments in the global clean energy, decarbonized transportation, and green industrial segments.

Structured a $150 million feeder fund established to invest in a $4 billion private equity master fund targeting investments in brownfield infrastructure assets in the OECD countries in North America and Europe.

Structured a $200 million private credit fund targeting investments in commercial and non-commercial mortgage loans relating to U.S. commercial and residential real estate.

Structured a $50 million real estate fund targeting investments in portfolios of health care-related real estate properties.

News

In the News · Source: Law360 Pulse, Bloomberg Law, Global Legal Chronicle, Metro Atlanta CEO, and Daily Report

July 1, 2025
Investment Funds partner Colby Jenkins joins the firm’s Real Estate and Funds practice group in Atlanta

View all

Credentials

M.B.A., Yale University

J.D., University of Chicago

B.A. in English Literature, Duke University, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

High School Diploma, Choate Rosemary Hall

New York

North Carolina

Spanish