Desireé Busching & Ira Kustin

Ira Kustin is a private funds partner at the law firm Akin. Ira focuses his practice on representing sponsors and investors in complex hedge, credit and private equity funds. He provides counsel to private fund advisers on international investment platforms, including in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Ira’s clients include market-leading global asset managers, start-ups, and mid-sized and larger managers. He advises investment fund managers faced with complex restructurings, succession planning, crisis/conflict resolution and consent solicitations.

Desireé Busching is a labor and employment partner at the law firm Akin. Desireé concentrates her practice at the intersection of employment and traditional labor law and innovative restructuring and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. Prior to joining Akin, Desireé served as Assistant General Counsel for the New York City Office of the Mayor, Office of Labor Relations. Her experience includes transfer, hiring and separation of executives and employees, executive and employee agreements, and employee communications and crisis management.