Overview
Yuliya Oryol is co-chair of the Pensions, Benefits & Investments Group at Nossaman. She has more than two decades of experience representing institutional investors and government agencies in a broad range of investment matters nationally and internationally. Yuliya focuses her practice primarily on representing investors in alternative investments in different asset classes and related regulatory work. Yuliya has extensive experience in representing investors in domestic and off-shore commingled private funds, separate accounts, co-investments, funds of one, continuation funds, secondary transactions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. Yuliya appears before boards of trustees to present on issues related to investments and works with investment officers and in-house counsel on investment-related transactions. She also regularly speaks at industry conferences and publishes on the subject of alternative investments and other investment related matters.
Yuliya is the current Chair of the Investment Section of the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys. From 2000 to 2003, Yuliya worked in Seoul, South Korea where she represented American, Asian and European entities, including South Korean institutional investors.
Prior to private practice, she was a Judicial Intern for the Hon. Daniel M. Hanlon, California Court of Appeals, First Appellate District and a Judicial Extern for Chief Magistrate Steele Langford, U.S. District Court, and Northern District of California.
Experience
Experience
Yuliya represents public pension plans and other institutional investors in all aspects of their alternative investment programs in public market and private market transactions. She counsels institutional investors in connection with their investments in different asset classes such as private equity, venture, real estate, hedge, buyout, distressed debt, energy, timber and infrastructure funds, as may be recommended by the investors’ advisors and selected by their boards.
Yuliya has extensive experience in representing investors in domestic and off-shore commingled vehicles, co-investments, joint ventures, strategic alliances, captive funds, funds of one, separate accounts and secondary transactions. She also assists with investment related contracts such as investment management agreements, collective investment trusts, custody agreements, consulting agreements, commodity futures customer agreements and counterparty derivatives agreements.
Representative Clients
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Alameda County Employees’ Retirement Association
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California Public Employees’ Retirement System
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Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund
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City of Phoenix Employees’ Retirement System
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Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association
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Delaware Public Employees’ Retirement System
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Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
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Imperial County Employees' Retirement System
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Kern County Employees Retirement Association
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Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System
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Los Angeles County Employees’ Retirement Association
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Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions
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Los Angeles Water and Power Employees’ Retirement Plan
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Marin County Employees’ Retirement Association
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Maryland State Retirement and Pension System
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Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board
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Merced County Employees’ Retirement Association
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New Mexico State Investment Council
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New York State Common Retirement Fund
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New York State Teachers' Retirement System
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Office of the Treasurer, State of Connecticut
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Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund
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Orange County Employees Retirement System
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Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System
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San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association
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San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System
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San Diego County Employees’ Retirement System
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San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System
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San Joaquin County Employees’ Retirement Association
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San Jose Police and Fire Department Retirement Plan
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San Luis Obispo County Pension Trust
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Stanislaus County Employees’ Retirement Association
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State of Hawaii Employees’ Retirement System
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State of Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund
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State Universities Retirement System
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Texas Municipal Retirement System
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Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation
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Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation
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The Regents of the University of California
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Tulare County Employees’ Retirement Association
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Ventura County Employees' Retirement Association
Insights
Publications
- 08.25.2023 | Nossaman eAlert
- 10.26.2021 | The NAPPA Report
- 07.29.2020 | Nossaman eAlert
- 07.22.2020 | Institutional Limited Partners Association
- 10.30.2019 | Institutional Limited Partners Association
- 10.30.2019 | Nossaman eAlert
- 04.02.2018 | The NAPPA Report
- 10.03.2016 | The NAPPA Report
- 09.15.2016 | Law360
- 08.26.2016 | Nossaman eAlert
- 10.01.2015 | The NAPPA Report
- 03.06.2013 | The NAPPA Report
- 08.30.2012 | Nossaman eAlert
- 08.17.2012 | The NAPPA Report
- 01.20.2012 | Nossaman eAlert
- 04.25.2011 | Daily Journal
- 04.15.2011 | Nossaman eAlert
- 05.14.2010 | The NAPPA Report
- 02.10.2009 | Nossaman eAlert
Blog Posts
- 07.11.2019 | Infra Insight Blog
- 12.04.2014 | Infra Insight Blog
Speaking Engagements
- Nossaman's 2024 Pensions, Benefits & Investments Fiduciaries' Forum10.17.2024 - 10.18.2024
- SEC Private Fund Adviser RulesCALAPRS General Assembly 202403.04.2024
- Nossaman's 2023 Pensions, Benefits & Investments Fiduciaries' Forum10.05.2023 and 10.30.2023
- National Association of Public Pension Attorneys’ 2023 Winter Seminar02.22.2023 – 02.24.2023
- Nossaman’s 2022 Public Pensions & Investments Fiduciaries’ Forum10.17.2022 – 10.18.2022
- Nossaman’s 2022 Public Pensions & Investments Fiduciaries’ Forum10.17.2022 – 10.18.2022
- Nossaman’s 2022 Public Pensions & Investments Fiduciaries’ Forum10.17.2022 – 10.18.2022
- 2022 Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) Private Equity Legal Conference10.13.2022
- National Association of Public Pension Attorneys’ 2022 Legal Education Conference06.21.2022 – 06.24.2022
- Nossaman's 2021 Public Pensions & Investments Fiduciaries' Forum12.06.2021 – 12.07.2021
- Regulatory Fundamentals Group 2021 Fall Conference10.27.2021
- National Association of Public Pension Attorneys' 2021 Winter Seminar and Section Meetings10.05.2021
- ILPA Virtual Private Equity Legal Conference 202010.14.2020
- Nossaman’s 2020 Public Pensions & Investments Fiduciaries' Forum09.30.2020 - 10.02.2020
- National Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA) 2020 Summer Webinar Series08.25.2020
- Regulatory Fundamentals Group Webinar05.27.2020
- Nossaman Webinar05.07.2020
- Regulatory Fundamentals Group Webinar04.29.2020
- National Association of Public Pension Attorneys' 2020 Winter Seminar02.19.2020
- National Association of Public Pension Attorneys' 2020 Winter Seminar02.19.2020
- Nossaman's 2019 Public Pensions & Investments Fiduciaries' Forum09.05.2019
- Nossaman's 2019 Public Pensions & Investments Fiduciaries' Forum09.05.2019
- Nossaman's 2019 Public Pensions & Investments Fiduciaries' Forum09.04.2019
- California Association of Public Retirement Systems Attorney Round Table06.07.2019
- State Association of County Retirement Systems 2019 Spring Conference05.08.2019
- Institutional Limited Partners Association Lunch04.22.2019
- Institutional Limited Partners Association's 2019 Private Equity Legal Conference04.03.2019
- National Association of Public Pension Attorneys' 2019 Winter Seminar02.20.2019
- California Association of Public Retirement Systems (CALAPRS) Attorneys’ Roundtable02.01.2019
- Nossaman's 2018 Public Pensions & Investments Fiduciaries' Forum10.19.2018
- Nossaman's 2018 Public Pensions and Investments Fiduciaries' Forum10.19.2018
- National Association of Public Pension Attorneys' 2018 Legal Education Conference06.27.2018
- 9th Annual Evolving Fiduciary Obligations of Institutional Investors06.25.2018
- Institutional Limited Partner Association Webcast05.09.2018
- Institutional Limited Partner Association’s AMEXCAP LP Workshop03.13.2018
- National Association of Public Pension Attorneys' 2018 Winter Seminar02.21.2018
- Nossaman's 2017 Public Pensions & Investments Fiduciaries' Forum12.01.2017
- Nossaman's 2017 Public Pensions & Investments Fiduciaries' Forum12.01.2017
- Nossaman's 2017 Public Pensions & Investments Fiduciaries' Forum11.30.2017
- Institutional Limited Partner Association Webinar11.14.2017
- California Association of Public Retirement Systems’ Attorneys’ Round Table10.27.2017
- Pension Real Estate Association's 27th Annual Institutional Investor Conference10.17.2017
- The Knowledge Group Webcast09.19.2017
- Pacific Institutional Real Estate Investor Forum07.18.2017
- Pacific Institutional Real Estate Investor Forum07.18.2017
- National Association of Public Pension Attorneys' 2017 Winter Seminar02.22.2017
- 8th Annual Evolving Fiduciary Obligations of Institutional Investors Forum02.21.2017
- California Association of Public Retirement Systems’ Trustees Round Table02.03.2017
- State Association of County Retirement Systems 2016 Fall Conference11.08.2016
- Nossaman's 2016 Public Pensions & Investments Fiduciaries' Forum10.27.2016
- Pacific Institutional Real Estate Investor Forum09.22.2016
- California Public Employees’ Retirement System In-House Counsel06.17.2016
- National Association of Public Pension Attorneys' 2016 Winter Seminar02.17.2016
- State Association of County Retirement Systems 2015 Fall Conference11.2015
- California Association of Public Retirement Systems’ Attorneys’ Round Table06.2015
- National Association of Public Pension Attorneys' 2015 Winter Seminar02.10.2015
- Institutional Investor Forum02.09.2015
- California Association of Public Retirement Systems (CALAPRS) Attorneys’ Roundtable01.30.2015
- State Association of County Retirement Systems 2014 Fall Conference10.2014
- State Association of County Retirement Systems 2014 Spring Conference05.13.2014
- National Association of Public Pension Attorneys' 2014 Winter Seminar02.19.2014
- California Association of Public Retirement Systems (CALAPRS) Attorneys’ Roundtable06.14.2013
- California Association of Public Retirement Systems (CALAPRS) Attorneys’ Roundtable06.08.2012
- Practicing Law Institute Conference06.14.2010
News
- 06.07.2024 | Chambers USA
- 02.26.2021 | The Regulatory Fundamentals Group's Weekly Roundup
- 10.30.2020 | The Regulatory Fundamentals Group's Weekly Roundup
Podcasts
- on 09.20.2024
- on 06.08.2023
- on 09.02.2021
Organizations
Community & Professional
University of San Francisco School of Law, Women Lawyers Committee, President
National Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA), Chair of Investment Committee
Refugee Transitions, Board Member
Pension Real Estate Association
American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Institutional Investors Committee
State Bar of California
San Francisco Bar Association
Honors
Honors & Recognitions
Individual recognition for Investment Funds: Investor Representation by Chambers USA, 2024
- University of San Francisco School of Law, J.D., 1996
- University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1993, magna cum laude
- California
- Texas
- Russian
- Spanish