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group partners directly with deal teams and the business.“ We don’ t see ourselves as a hurdle; we’ re active stakeholders in the firm’ s success.”
“ One Team” defines Sixth Street’ s culture, and Josh weaves into legal operations.“ Sixth Street’ s One Team culture drives everything we do,” he highlights. He prefers generalists who can dive deep when needed, avoiding rigid silos. The team develops deeper expertise while maintaining a generalist skillset. That balance inspires him. Recruitment focuses on finding top talent for this model.“ We hire‘ intellectual athletes,’ flexible thinkers with an ownership mentality who grab
the jump balls,” he explains. That approach echoes his Weil roots.“ Early responsibility taught me an ownership mentality. I saw whitespace and used initiative to build our legal function.”
Guidance through mentorship
Mentorship from co-founder and co-president David Stiepleman has shaped Josh’ s approach.“ David Stiepleman has been my mentor and friend for 11 years at Sixth Street,” he says. One lesson stands out:“ He’ s shown me the value of expanding my skillset.” When Josh first joined, his experience focused mostly on deal-related Cleary Gottlieb ____________________________________________________
Cleary Gottlieb advises many of the world’ s most sophisticated investment managers on complex fund formations, innovative capital solutions, and transformative transactions, bringing the experience, focus, and commercial insight that global markets demand. Since Sixth Street’ s founding, Cleary has served as a trusted partner to the firm, advising on its earliest funds and capital strategies. Working closely with General Counsel Josh Peck and Sixth Street’ s in-house team, Cleary delivers pragmatic, businessfocused advice supporting Sixth Street’ s continued growth as a leading global investment firm with more than $ 125 billion in assets under management.
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