Opal Jakhete

Vice President

New York, NY

Opal is actively involved in all of Berkshire’s sector practices.

Opal joined Berkshire in 2016. She is actively involved in the firm’s Private Markets Advisory practice. She has extensive M&A and valuation experience across the private markets investment management, traditional investment management and wealth management sectors. She also assists with transaction execution on a number of cross-border Berkshire assignments and co-leads the Firm’s junior banker development program including recruiting, staffing and training.

Notable Transaction Experience:
Sagard / Performance Equity Management (2023)
Bonaccord Capital Partners / Trivest Partners (2022)
Dyal Capital Partners / MBK Partners (2022)
Polen Capital / DDJ Capital Management (2021)
Cerity Partners / B|O|S (2021)
Investcorp / Artemis Real Estate Partners (2021)
Affiliated Managers Group / Abacus Capital Group (2021)
iM Global / Asset Preservation Advisors (2021)
Landmark Partners / Palladium Equity Partners (2021)
Goldman Sachs (Petershill) / Incline Equity Partners (2021)
iM Global / Litman Gregory (2021)
Sun Life Financial / Crescent Capital (2020)
PineBridge Investments / Benson Elliot (2020)
Investcorp / Tages Capital (2020)
Pacific Current & Kudu / Pennybacker Capital (2019)

Education & Affiliations:
Duke University, BS in Economics (Cum Laude)