Eric Brown
Attorney
Eric Brown serves as the principal counsel for First Pacific Advisors, LLC (FPA) in Los Angeles, California. FPA manages registered mutual funds, private hedge funds and separate accounts that constitute $31 billion in assets under management. Mr. Brown addresses a variety of issues related to fund formation, private/registered fund and separate account management, transactional and other contract negotiations, U.S. and foreign regulatory and compliance issues, and general corporate matters. Previously, he was an Associate in the Investment Funds practice group at Jackson Walker L.L.P. in Austin, Texas. Prior to Jackson Walker, he worked in Los Angeles in the legal department at Oaktree Capital Management L.P., and he served as lead counsel to the private equity fund-of-funds business at Wilshire Associates Incorporated. Eric earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Trinity College (Connecticut) and a Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School. He is the first person to graduate from college in his family. He is licensed to practice law in New York, Texas (Inactive) and California (Registered In-House Counsel).
