Aja Sanneh

Aja Sanneh is a senior associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where she is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Finance Practice Group.

Aja specializes in syndicated and bilateral financings for private equity, debt, senior credit, real estate, infrastructure, and other investment funds during all parts of the fund life cycle. Clients benefit from Aja’s experience in asset-based facilities, subscription-based facilities, and hybrid facilities, and in other types of investment fund leverage.

Aja was named a 2024 Rising Star by the Fund Finance Association, where she also received an Emerging Leaders Award earlier that year.

Selected Clients Include:

Fortress Investment Group Leonard Green & Partners Meridiam Infrastructure North America Madison Realty Capital Berkshire Group EQT Exeter Brasa Capital Management Constellation Wealth Capital Faropoint Ventures Investcorp Madison International Realty

Blue Owl Capital Otro Capital Management Welltower Dextra Partners The Halifax Group JRK Property Holdings Motive Partners Operating Company Neuberger Berman RDV Corporation Overland Capital Partners Stockdale Capital Partners

Aja earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law in 2016.  While in law school, she served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Barry Russell of the Central District of California U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Aja earned her undergraduate degree in Economics, with honors, from Occidental College.

Capabilities

• Finance
• Investment Funds
• Private Equity
• Real Estate

Credentials

Education:

• University of Southern California - 2016 Juris Doctor
• Occidental College - 2013 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• New York Bar