May Mansour

May Mansour is Counsel in the Firm’s Private Funds and Sustainability and ESG Practices. May advises sponsors on the formation, structuring and operation of private investments funds across a range of strategies, including real estate, infrastructure and secondaries, among others. She has extensive experience in open-ended funds. She also represents the Firm’s clients in relation to impact funds and other ESG matters. 

Representative transactions on which May has worked include:

• Blackstone in the establishment of the $20.5 billion Blackstone Real Estate Partners IX
• Westbrook in the establishment of the $2.5 billion Real Estate Fund XI
• Grosvenor in the establishment of the $972 million GCM Grosvenor Secondary Opportunities Fund III
• Blackstone in connection with fundraising for Blackstone Property Partners Europe, Blackstone Property Partners Asia, Blackstone Infrastructure Partners and Blackstone Infrastructure Partners Europe
• Apollo Global Management in its strategic minority investment in PetSmart

May also advises pro bono clients on various immigration matters and unemployment insurance hearings. She received a J.D. in 2014 from St. John’s University School of Law and a B.A. in 2006 from Hunter College. Most recently, May was honored with the 2024 “Rising Star Award” at St. John’s Law’s Celebrating Women in the Law event, held by the Women’s Law Society and Alumnae Leadership Council. The award recognizes St. John’s Law alumnae serving as role models for women in law.

May is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York, the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York and the U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York.