Benjamin M. Galic

Associate

Ben Galic assists clients on a wide range of corporate and real estate transactional matters.

Ben brings transactional experience from his previous role as an associate at a large international law firm, where he represented and advised sovereign wealth funds and institutional investors in co-investments and complex secondary transactions. Ben’s practice focused on representing both buyers and sellers in the purchase and sale of pre-existing investor commitments to private equity and other alternative investment funds ranging from several hundred million dollars to two billion dollars in deal size.

Before joining Downey Brand, Ben also worked on an in-house legal team for the California Department of Transportation, where he provided legal counsel on a diverse range of public contracts.

While attending the University of San Francisco School of Law, Ben externed with the Honorable Tracie L. Brown at the First District Court of Appeal and was a member of USF Law Review and the USF Moot Court Program.

Professional, Community And Pro Bono Involvement

  • Sacramento County Bar Association
  • California Lawyers Association
  • GLIDE Unconditional Legal Clinic
  • Immigration Institute of the Bay Area
  • American Bar Association’s Judicial Intern Opportunity Program (JIOP)
  • USF Law Review, Articles Editor
  • USF Moot Court Program

Honors & Rankings

  • Externship, Honorable Tracie L. Brown, First District Court of Appeal
  • CALI Awards for Legal Research and Writing, Contracts II, and Environmental Law

Secondary Transactions

  • Represented a Southeast Asian sovereign wealth fund in two secondary sales of large
    portfolios of interests with deal sizes of approximately $1.7 billion and $2.1 billion.
  • Represented two lead investors in the purchase of fund interests from Wells Fargo &
    Company totaling over $2 billion in deal size.
  • Represented one of Australia’s largest investment managers in a recapitalization of a
    portfolio of 27 fund interests into a $600+ million continuation fund.
  • Represented a U.S. based investment management firm in a tender offer in connection
    with the purchase of a portfolio of fund interests.
  • Represented a U.S. based investment management firm in a secondary sale of a portfolio
    of 35 fund interests totaling over $200 million in deal size.
  • Represented U.S. based institutional investors and foreign sovereign investors in several
    secondary sales and acquisitions of portfolios of fund interests.

Co-Investments

  • Represented sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, and institutional investors in
    co-investments ranging in size from several million to several hundred million.

 

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In his free time, Ben enjoys camping, hiking, traveling, and seeing live music.

Professional, Community And Pro Bono Involvement

  • Sacramento County Bar Association
  • California Lawyers Association
  • GLIDE Unconditional Legal Clinic
  • Immigration Institute of the Bay Area
  • American Bar Association’s Judicial Intern Opportunity Program (JIOP)
  • USF Law Review, Articles Editor
  • USF Moot Court Program

Honors & Rankings

  • Externship, Honorable Tracie L. Brown, First District Court of Appeal
  • CALI Awards for Legal Research and Writing, Contracts II, and Environmental Law