Kathleen H. Pender

Ms. Kathleen H.
Pender leads the legal aspects of operational due diligence, including drafting and negotiation of side letters with managers, legal review and analysis of underlying commingled fund governing documents, structuring customized single investor funds with underlying managers, structuring managed accounts and negotiating investment management agreements for direct investments, interpreting the liquidity provisions of managers' legal documents, and coordinating the firm’s proxy review and voting process.
Prior to joining GCM Grosvenor, she was an Associate with the law firm of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, L.L.P.
Previously, she was an Associate with the law firm of Sidley & Austin.
Ms. Pender received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her Juris Doctor magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review and Order of the Coif.
Ms. Pender is a member of the Illinois Bar.