Jacqueline Duval
Jacqueline Duval

Jacqueline Duval

Partner, US Lead, Finance Regulatory & Investment Funds

New York

Introduction

Jacquie advises clients on structuring and executing investment strategies and long-term planning.

Jacqueline Duval works with fund managers, sophisticated family offices, and other private capital investors on tax and entity structuring, investment planning and execution, and private fund formation and management.  

Jacquie advises fund managers and investors on structuring and forming private funds. She reviews and negotiates fund documents across a variety of private fund types, including private equity, real estate, hedge, digital assets, and venture capital funds. She provides tax and structuring advice on coinvestment opportunities and direct capital investments across a spectrum of asset classes. A tax lawyer by training, Jacquie understands tax rules related to private foundations and other charitable organizations and advises on the associated challenges when these entities or related individuals are parties to an investment. 

Jacquie counsels on structuring and servicing family offices and the transactional work related to their investments. She also advises family offices and private foundations on  issues such as social capital and grantmaking. An advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, Jacquie has a particular interest in supporting women entrepreneurs and investors. 

Before joining Ashurst Perkins Coie, Jacquie was a partner at K&L Gates LLP in New York in the asset management and tax practices. Throughout her career, she worked for law firms, private family offices, and investment banks in New York and London. Jacquie began her legal career at Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton in New York and London.

Education & credentials

  • Cornell Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Note Editor, Cornell Law Review, 1992
  • Syracuse University, B.A., International Relations, German Language, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1987
  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
  • Supreme Court of the United States

Professional recognition

  • Listed in Super Lawyers Magazine as a New York Super Lawyer, 2024-2025

  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America: Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, 2025-2026

Impact

  • Larry Kraus Tax Institute for Family Offices, Steering Committee
  • American Bar Association, Tax Section
  • International Bar Association, Private Client Section (Tax)
  • Lincoln Center Leadership Fellow, 2022-2024
  • Cornell University President's Council of Cornell Women, Chair of the Entrepreneurship Committee
  • Cornell Law School Dean's Advisory Council, Member
  • Cornell Law Women’s Association, Mary Kennedy Brown Society, Founding Member, Past President