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Erica Berthou
ROLE PARTNER AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERAT KIRKLAND & ELLISMENTIONS 1LAST SEEN SEPTEMBER 14, 2026
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Erica Berthou is a partner in the Investment Funds Group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and serves on the firm's Executive Committee. She has counseled U.S. and international investment fund sponsors on hundreds of billions of dollars of private fund formations across a wide variety of strategies, including emerging markets. She is known for her work on fund formation and for leading Kirkland's AI initiatives in the private funds space, including the firm's partnership with Palantir to develop a proprietary fund formation engine.
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mention·PitchBook News·SEPTEMBER 14, 2026
“Berthou thinks AI could push legal billing away from the hourly clock and toward project-based pricing.”
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