Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
North Carolina
Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D., high honors, 2014, Order of the Coif; North Carolina Law Review
George Mason University, B.S., high distinction, 1998
Profile
Sandra Wilburn assists fund managers in developing and executing fund offerings and managing ongoing fund operations. She also advises institutional investors, state pension plans, investment managers, private investment funds and other institutional investors regarding investments in private equity, venture capital, hedge funds and assorted other alternative investment funds. In addition, she represents buyers and sellers of private fund interests in the secondary market. Sandra is editor of the firm's Private Fund Insights blog.
In her intellectual property and licensing practice, Sandra assists clients with software licensing, technology development and other intellectual property matters, primarily in the health care and life sciences sectors, and advises clients regarding domestic and international data privacy laws.
Prior to joining Robinson Bradshaw, Sandra was an attorney at K&L Gates. Before entering the legal field, she worked as a sales executive, providing technology consultation to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in areas such as DNA sequencing, laboratory robotics and analytic software across the research and clinical development spectrum. Sandra is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Honors & Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America, One to Watch, corporate, intellectual property, leveraged buyouts and private equity, 2022-25
- North Carolina Super Lawyers, Rising Star, securities and corporate finance, 2023-24
Experience
Experience
Represents a pooled investment fund manager in connection with the formation of multiple funds with aggregate capital commitments over $300 million.
Represents institutional investors in connection with various investments, both domestic and foreign, in private investment funds of all types.
Represents institutional investors in their purchases of limited partnership interest in private investment funds in secondary market transactions.
Represented a private equity fund sponsor in the formation, offering and SBIC licensing of an investment fund with $400 million in capital commitments.
Represented a global asset management firm in a secondary market transaction involving 50 selling entities (both domestic and foreign) and approximately 400 interests in 125 private equity funds.
Represented a private equity sponsor in raising over $150 million of capital commitments for multiple real estate-focused funds.
Represents a large, regional health care system in the negotiation of numerous software licensing, consulting and co-development arrangements and other technology-related agreements.
News & Events
News
- Aug. 15, 2024
- Jan. 8, 2024
- Aug. 17, 2023
- July 12, 2023
- May 15, 2023
- Jan. 20, 2023
- Aug. 23, 2022
- Jan. 4, 2022
- Aug. 26, 2021
- Feb. 26, 2019
Insights
- Sept. 17, 2024Private Fund Insights Blog
- June 6, 2024Private Fund Insights Blog
- Feb. 29, 2024Private Fund Insights Blog
- Oct. 4, 2023Private Fund Insights Blog
- July 12, 2023Private Fund Insights Blog
- July 11, 2023Private Fund Insights Blog
- April 28, 2021Robinson Bradshaw Publication
- Jan. 20, 2021Robinson Bradshaw Publication
- Oct. 22, 2020Robinson Bradshaw Publication
- Aug. 5, 2020Robinson Bradshaw Publication
- April 28, 2020Robinson Bradshaw Publication
- Jan. 21, 2020Robinson Bradshaw Publication
- Jan. 16, 2019Robinson Bradshaw Publication
- March 22, 2017American Health Lawyers Association
Affiliations
Professional Affiliations
- North Carolina Bar Association
- National Association of Public Pension Attorneys
- Licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office