12 Jan 2026
Gibson Dunn expands Investment Funds Practice with partner Marian Fowler
"Gibson Dunn hires Marian Fowler as partner in its Investment Funds Practice in Washington, D.C.; she will bolster the firm’s investment funds regulatory and compliance capabilities."
Fowler’s practice focuses on counseling investment advisers and the funds they manage across private equity, credit, venture, real estate and registered funds, with emphasis on regulatory and compliance matters, SEC examinations, fund formation, marketing and complex transaction structuring. She joins Gibson Dunn as a partner in the Investment Funds Practice Group.
Prior to joining the firm, Fowler was General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Thrive Capital Management, LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser to private funds with more than $23 billion in assets under management in 2025. She is also a former regulator, having served as Senior Special Counsel to the Director of the Division of Investment Management at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and as Senior Counsel in the Investment Company Rulemaking Office. Fowler has spent over ten years collectively in private practice at two major international law firms.