Makeda Osbourne is an associate in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Private Funds practice. Makeda participates in advising private investment fund sponsors in connection with the formation, structuring, marketing and operation of their private investment funds. Makeda’s practice also includes advising fund sponsors generally with respect to the Federal securities laws, including the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Makeda has experience representing some of the largest and most well-known private fund sponsors, including Blackstone, Carlyle and KKR. Makeda received her Juris Doctor degree from Howard University School of Law and her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She is admitted to practice law in both New York and Texas.
Brittany Hinson earned her J.D., summa cum laude, from North Carolina Central University School of Law, where she received the Certificate of Law and Technology and served as a senior editor of the North Carolina Central Law Review. Throughout law school, Brittany participated in the Root & Rebound Declaration Clinic. In addition, Brittany was an Intel Social Justice and Racial Equity (ISJRE) scholar and an NCCU-Intel summer associate. In 2023, she was a Perkins Coie summer associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.
Education
- North Carolina Central University School of Law, J.D., Senior Editor, North Carolina Central Law Review, 2024
- North Carolina State University, B.A., Sociology, 2016
Bar and Court Admissions
- District of Columbia
- North Carolina
Related Employment
- Perkins Coie, Washington, D.C., Summer Associate, 2023
- Intel Corporation, Summer Associate, 2022
Chisara handles every phase of business disputes. She regularly represents clients from case inception through ultimate resolution, including trial, arbitration, settlement, and appeal.
Chisara offers a unique skill set from being on both sides of the docket, and has an ability to think strategically, and provide practical and reasoned advice. Within months of joining the Firm, she was asked to join a trial team, and she cross-examined witnesses in a federal antitrust litigation. Chisara first chaired a successful appeal with important implications on personal jurisdiction, and her courtroom arguments helped obtain the dismissal of fraudulent transfer claims filed against a high-end retailer.
Chisara has represented corporations, corporate officers, and individuals in diverse industries ranging from private equity, retail, energy, medical, entertainment, and other commercial sectors in a variety of complex business disputes, including:
- Breach of contract litigation;
- Breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and tortious interference litigation;
- Trade secret litigation and non-competition disputes;
- Business disparagement, defamation, and Anti-SLAPP litigation;
- Partnership disputes;
- Jurisdictional disputes;
- Advancement and indemnification;
- Trademark infringement litigation;
- Obtaining temporary restraining orders and injunctive relief; and
- Conducting all phases of discovery, including taking and defending depositions.
Chisara is licensed to practice law in Texas, New York, and New Jersey. Prior to joining Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann, Chisara was an associate at Fox Rothschild LLP in New York where she focused on intellectual property litigation and general litigation. Chisara works relentlessly to meet her client’s expectations and needs to deliver the best outcome for every case she handles.
Chisara previously worked as a legal intern for the United Nations Development Programme, and has lived and worked abroad in Ecuador and Liberia.