Jacqueline Duval
- Firmwide Chair, Private Capital & Fund Formation Practice
Jacquie is dedicated to working with her clients to structure and execute their investment strategies and define their vision for the future.
Jacquie works with fund managers, sophisticated family offices, and other private capital investors on tax and entity structuring, investment planning and execution, and private fund formation and management. Jacquie is known for her deep knowledge, warmth, and creativity in designing and executing solutions for clients.
Jacquie advises fund managers and investors on the structuring and formation of private funds. In her guidance to clients, Jacquie reviews and negotiates fund documents across a variety of private fund types, including private equity funds, real estate funds, hedge funds, digital assets, and venture capital. She provides tax and structuring advice on co-investment opportunities and direct capital investments across a spectrum of asset classes. A tax lawyer by training, Jacquie understands the tax rules related to private foundations and other charitable organizations and advises on the associated challenges when these entities or related individuals are parties to an investment.
In her role as trusted counsel for family offices, Jacquie guides the structuring and servicing of family offices and transactional work related to their investments. She also advises family offices and private foundations on such issues as social capital and grantmaking. An advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, Jacquie has a special interest in supporting and working with women entrepreneurs and investors.
Prior to joining Perkins Coie, Jacquie was a partner at K&L Gates LLP in New York in the asset management and tax practices. Throughout her career, she worked for law firms, private family offices, and investment banks in New York and London. Jacquie started her legal career at Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton in New York and London.
Areas of focus
Education & Credentials
Education
- Cornell Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Note Editor, Cornell Law Review, 1992
- Syracuse University, B.A., International Relations, German Language, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1987
Bar and Court Admissions
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New York
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Pennsylvania
- Supreme Court of the United States
Additional Languages
- German
Impact
Professional Leadership
- Larry Kraus Tax Institute for Family Offices, Steering Committee
- American Bar Association, Tax Section
- International Bar Association, Private Client Section (Tax)
Community Involvement
- Lincoln Center Leadership Fellow, 2022-2024
- Cornell University President's Council of Cornell Women, Chair of the Entrepreneurship Committee
- Cornell Law School Dean's Advisory Council, Member
- Cornell Law Women’s Association, Mary Kennedy Brown Society, Founding Member, Past President
- Lincoln Center Leadership Fellow, 2022-2024
- Cornell University President's Council of Cornell Women, Chair of the Entrepreneurship Committee
- Cornell Law School Dean's Advisory Council, Member
- Cornell Law Women’s Association, Mary Kennedy Brown Society, Founding Member, Past President