Anna Simpson is LaSalle’s Global Funds Counsel, a position she assumed in December 2024. She leads the Global Funds Team responsible for all legal aspects of the fund-raising life cycle, including product development, fund structuring, marketing, fund documentation, and investor onboarding. The Global Funds Team supports existing and new commingled funds and structured separate accounts across LaSalle’s global platform available for client investment and employee co-investment. Anna joined LaSalle in 2022 as the General Counsel for the Employee Co-Investment program.
Anna has been a general counsel or practicing corporate real estate attorney since 2007. Prior to LaSalle, she spent 10 years with Sterling Bay, a vertically integrated national real estate investment and development company, overseeing all legal matters, including sponsored private equity funds, corporate M&A, financial transactions, tax structuring, regulatory compliance, and commercial real estate. She began her practice at Jones Day, a leading global law firm, counseling public and private companies, private equity funds, major banks, and commercial borrowers on diverse transactions, including private equity fund formation, real estate transactions, debt financing, and joint ventures.
Anna received her Juris Doctor from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and her Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Anna clerked for Justice Susan W. Calkins of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 2006 – 2007. She is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Massachusetts.
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Global Head of Marketing and Communications
Global Chief Financial Officer
Head of Legal and Compliance, Europe
Portfolio Controller
Global Head of LaSalle Technology
Americas General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer, Securities
Chief Financial Officer
Head of the Americas and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Americas
Co-Head of Luxembourg and Head of Legal, France and Luxembourg
Managing Director, Investor Accounting and Finance
Head of LaSalle Global Solutions
Global Chief Operating Officer
Chief Operating Officer, Europe
Head of Corporate Finance, Asia Pacific
Head of Debt Capital Markets, Americas
Corporate Financial Director, LaSalle Global Solutions
Senior Portfolio Accountant
Head of Americas Investor and Consultant Relations
Chief Operating and Financial Officer, Americas
European Head of Compliance
Global Head of Investor Accounting and Finance
Senior Finance Director, Sustainability
Head of Finance, European Debt and Value-add Strategies
Head of Europe and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Europe
Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific
Global Head of Tax
General Counsel
Global Head of Human Resources
Chief Financial Officer, Europe
Global Head of Performance
President and Chief Executive Officer, JLL Income Property Trust
Co-Head of Luxembourg and Head of Investor Accounting and Finance, Luxembourg
Fund Controller
Director of Finance, Continental Europe