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Sohail Lalani
Managing Director
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Sohail Lalani
Managing Director
Sohail Lalani is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the GP Strategic Capital Investment Team. In his role, Sohail focuses on sourcing and evaluating minority investments in private markets GPs as well as working closely with key LPs on strategic partnership opportunities.
Before joining Blue Owl, Sohail was the Founder and Managing Partner of Eglinton Capital Partners, a Canadian based growth equity investment firm. Prior to that, he was a senior member of the Private Equity (Direct Investments) team of PSP Investments, one of Canada’s largest pension funds based in Montreal. Sohail also spent a decade at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) based in Abu Dhabi, where he was responsible for sourcing, executing, and monitoring co-investment and direct investment transactions in partnership with leading US and European GPs. Sohail began his career in investment banking at J.P. Morgan and TD Securities.
He holds an MBA with Distinction from London Business School and HBA (Dean’s List) from the Ivey Business School at Western University.
Before joining Blue Owl, Sohail was the Founder and Managing Partner of Eglinton Capital Partners, a Canadian based growth equity investment firm. Prior to that, he was a senior member of the Private Equity (Direct Investments) team of PSP Investments, one of Canada’s largest pension funds based in Montreal. Sohail also spent a decade at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) based in Abu Dhabi, where he was responsible for sourcing, executing, and monitoring co-investment and direct investment transactions in partnership with leading US and European GPs. Sohail began his career in investment banking at J.P. Morgan and TD Securities.
He holds an MBA with Distinction from London Business School and HBA (Dean’s List) from the Ivey Business School at Western University.