NEW YORK, May 12, 2026 – Proskauer announced today that Josh Frankel has joined the Firm as a partner in its Private Funds Group and Secondary Transactions and Liquidity Solutions practice in New York. Josh's arrival underscores the Firm's continued investment in its market-leading secondaries practice and broader private capital offering.
"Josh is a strong addition to our secondaries team," said Christopher Robinson, co-head of the Secondary Transactions and Liquidity Solutions practice. "He brings a combination of execution experience, regulatory insight, and market connectivity that complements our platform and aligns with our clients' goals."
Josh brings extensive transactional experience across private capital and secondaries markets. Prior to joining Proskauer, Josh served as a Managing Director in the legal department of a leading secondary advisory firm, where he provided a wide range of support on complex secondary transactions including continuation funds, LP tender offers and structured liquidity solutions. Before that, Josh was a senior lawyer at a leading international law firm, where he advised sponsors and investors on fund formation, GP-led transactions, continuation funds, tender offers and other secondary and hybrid structures, as well as complex cross-border M&A transactions.
"We have a leading secondaries practice that is committed to delivering exceptional support and market insight to our clients. Demand for innovative liquidity solutions is growing, and Josh enhances our ability to scale and deliver integrated, market-leading advice to clients," said Mike Suppappola, co-head of the Secondary Transactions and Liquidity Solutions Group.
"The secondaries market continues to reach new milestones in deal volume and complexity, and it has never been a more interesting place to practice," said Josh. "Deal structures are more sophisticated, the buyer universe is broader, and the stakes for clients — GPs and LPs alike — are higher than ever. I'm excited to join Proskauer because it is a leading firm in secondaries and liquidity solutions."
Proskauer's Chambers Band 1-ranked global secondaries team provides end-to-end advice on every facet of the secondaries market. Since November 2024, our team has advised on 559 secondaries transactions with an aggregate deal value exceeding $170 billion.
Josh is one of several Private Funds lawyers to join Proskauer this year, including partners Zee Ahmedani, Malcolm Nicholls, and Vlad Bulkin, and Secondaries Senior Counsel Nicholas McCoy.