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06 May 2026

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Adds Investment Management Partner Richard Shamos in Los Angeles

"Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP hires Richard Shamos as a partner in its Los Angeles investment management and funds group to work on private credit, evergreen structures and insurance-focused products."

Richard Shamos has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner in the firm’s investment management practice and funds group in Los Angeles.

Shamos joins Akin Gump as a partner focused on investment management and fund matters, deepening the firm’s integrated platform for sponsors raising, structuring and deploying private credit and alternative capital. He advises sponsors building credit-focused fund platforms, including private credit and direct lending vehicles, evergreen and hybrid structures, and insurance-rated note feeders, and has significant experience advising buyout and growth capital sponsors.

Prior to joining Akin Gump, Richard Shamos was a partner in the West Coast investment funds group at Kirkland & Ellis.
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