WASHINGTON, D.C., August 26, 2026 – Proskauer is honored to share that partner Amanda Butler-Jones has been named the winner of the Rising Stars – Private Investment Funds category by Law.com and The National Law Journal in its 2026 D.C. Legal Awards.

Amanda is a partner in Proskauer’s Private Funds Group and a member of the Firm's Secondary Transactions and Liquidity Solutions practice. She primarily focuses on the representation of buyers and sellers in the acquisition and sale of investments on the secondary market. Her experience includes traditional portfolio sales, stapled secondaries, recapitalizations and restructurings, structured secondaries, and other GP-led transactions.

Formerly known as The National Law Journal Awards, Law.com’s D.C. Legal Awards celebrate and honor excellence in the capital’s legal profession.

View the full list of finalists and honorees here: The D.C. Legal Awards 2026

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Proskauer is an elite global law firm with more than 900 lawyers in key financial centers in the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia. Our clients include many of the world’s leading businesses, including asset managers, banks, listed corporations, and private companies. We have deep expertise in several of the fastest-growing and dynamic segments of the market, including sports, technology, life sciences, and health care. We represent hundreds of asset managers across a wide spectrum of sectors and strategies, including private equity, private credit, hedge, real assets, secondaries, and capital solutions.

Proskauer’s market-leading global secondaries team has provided in-depth advice on all aspects of the secondaries market since the inception of the industry. Long recognized as the top destination practice for secondaries buyers and secondaries fund formations, Proskauer’s expertise touches all aspects of the secondaries market. The firm acts on the most high-profile LP portfolio transactions and cutting-edge GP-led deals and represents a multitude of market participants including a range of buyers, sellers, GPs, lenders and lead and syndicate investors in continuation vehicles.