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10 Blackstone legal leaders
These ten Blackstone legal leaders hold managing director and senior managing director roles in legal and compliance at Blackstone. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at Blackstone from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Anna Chan
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Legal and Compliance · Blackstone
Managing Director, Legal and Compliance at Blackstone since January 2024, based in Hong Kong. Other Blackstone roles shown are Senior Vice President, Legal and Compliance (2022–2024) and Vice President, Legal and Compliance (2016–2019); other roles shown are Senior Manager, Regulatory Compliance at First Sentier Investors (2019–2022) and compliance work at Goldman Sachs.
Erin Dittus
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Head of Employment Legal · Blackstone
Managing Director, Head of Employment Legal at Blackstone since September 2026. Other roles shown are Vice President, Senior Counsel at Goldman Sachs (2022–2026), Managing Director, Office of the General Counsel at PwC (2015–2022) and labor and employment associate roles at Winston & Strawn LLP and Jones Day.
Kate O’Neil
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director · Blackstone
Managing Director at Blackstone since January 2026, a role the profile describes as Head of Legal for Private Wealth Public Strategies, Chief Legal Officer (BXPE and BXINFRA) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (BREIT). Other Blackstone roles shown are Senior Vice President (2024–2025) and Vice President (2022–2024).
Kevin Michel
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director - Head of Registered Funds Legal Group · Blackstone
Managing Director - Head of Registered Funds Legal Group at Blackstone since 2023. Other Blackstone roles shown are Senior Vice President - Legal Counsel (2021–2023), Vice President - Legal Counsel (2017–2020) and Associate - Legal Counsel (2015–2016); another role shown is Associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (2012–2015).
Mabel Koo
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director (Legal & Compliance) · Blackstone
Managing Director (Legal & Compliance) at Blackstone since January 2025, based in Hong Kong, after serving as Senior Vice President (Legal & Compliance) at Blackstone from 2022 to 2024. Other roles shown are restructuring roles at Kirkland & Ellis (2019–2022), Hogan Lovells and Ashurst.
Matt Manewal
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director - Legal & Compliance (Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing) · Blackstone
Managing Director - Legal & Compliance (Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing) at Blackstone since June 2013, based in New York. Other roles shown are Associate General Counsel at FNY Capital Management LP (2011–2013), Associate General Counsel at Clarium Capital Management (2008–2010) and Associate at Latham & Watkins (2003–2008).
Nicolas Yamagata
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director · Blackstone
Managing Director at Blackstone since January 2026, in the Private Equity Legal department according to the profile, which describes the role as Managing Director, PE Legal. Other Blackstone roles shown are Senior Vice President (2024–2026) and Vice President (2021–2024); other roles shown are M&A Associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Corporate Associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
Richard Blair
LinkedInExperience: Senior Managing Director and Deputy Chief Legal Officer, International · Blackstone
Senior Managing Director and Deputy Chief Legal Officer, International at Blackstone since March 2025, based in Hong Kong. The profile also lists Senior Managing Director, General Counsel Asia Pacific at Blackstone since 2022 and says Richard Blair sits on several firm boards, including The Blackstone Group (HK) Limited; another role shown is Partner at Freshfields (2018–2019).
Sayo Kondo Takizawa
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director - Legal & Compliance · Blackstone
Managing Director - Legal & Compliance at Blackstone since May 2016, based in Japan, in a role the profile places in the Legal department at Director level. Other roles shown are Associate Attorney at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (2010–2016) and Associate Attorney at A&O Shearman (2006–2010).
Victoria Portnoy
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Head of Corporate Legal & Assistant Secretary · Blackstone
Managing Director, Head of Corporate Legal & Assistant Secretary at Blackstone since October 2015, in a role the profile places in the Legal department at Director level. Other roles shown are Associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (2012–2015) and Corporate Leader at the Council on Foreign Relations (2023–2025).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does an alternative asset manager split legal work between fund-level counsel and corporate legal?
- 02What legal questions come up most often when an asset manager launches products for individual investors?
- 03How do legal and compliance teams at a global asset manager coordinate across the US, Europe and Asia?
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