Andrew Ford

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Overview

Andrew Ford is a corporate partner based in the New York office and a member of the firm’s Investment Management Group. Mr. Ford represents U.S. ... Read Full Biography

Experience

- KKR in multiple fund formation projects, including:
- KKR Ascendant Fund SCSp, a $4.6 billion fund dedicated to investing in middle market businesses in North America.
- KKR Asia Pacific Infrastructure Investors II, a $6.4 billion fund focused on infrastructure-related investments across Asia Pacific.
- KKR European Fund VI, an $8 billion fund focused on private equity investments primarily in the developed economies of Western Europe.
- KKR North America Fund XIII, a $19 billion fund focused on pursuing opportunistic private equity investments in North America.
- KKR Global Infrastructure Investors IV, a $17 billion global infrastructure fund.
- KKR Asia Pacific Infrastructure Investors, a $3.9 billion Asia Pacific infrastructure fund.

Education

Nottingham Law School, 2004, Diploma in Professional Legal Practice
The University of Nottingham, 2003, LL.B.

Andrew Ford is a corporate partner based in the New York office and a member of the firm’s Investment Management Group. Mr. Ford represents U.S. alternative asset managers on the structuring and establishment of a variety of global and geographically specific private alternative investment products, including the organization of traditional private investment funds and co-investment structures and the establishment of bespoke separately managed accounts and platforms. He has experience in raising private alternative investment funds, targeting investments in the private equity, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, as well as investment products sourcing distressed investment opportunities and engaging in loan origination activities. Mr. Ford is recognized by both Chambers Global (2024) and Chambers USA (2024), with the guides describing him as “effective and efficient” and “an extremely strong advisor,” who is “really detail-oriented” and “hyper-focused on delivering the best client service.” He is also said to be “extraordinarily business-focused,” “an excellent lawyer,” a “very effective negotiator” who is “technically superb” and a “very clever and astute operator” with a “burgeoning reputation” in the funds arena. He is praised for his “encyclopedic knowledge” of the structuring and establishment of private equity funds, with clients noting that he is “a very smart negotiator. He is able to craft convincing arguments to advance his client’s interests.” According to The Legal 500 US (2022), Mr. Ford brings “considerable expertise and coordination of his team to bear on every transaction.” Mr. Ford joined the firm in 2019. He received his LL.B., with honors, from the University of Nottingham in 2003 and a Diploma in Legal Practice from Nottingham Law School in 2004.Mr. Ford is admitted as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales and is also admitted to the bar in New York.