KHALIF TIMBERLAKE
Associate
Khalif Timberlake is an associate at Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres, where he focuses his practice on investment management and private funds. He advises sponsors and investors across the full lifecycle of private investment funds, including fund formation, upper-tier structuring, carried interest arrangements, secondary transactions, and exits.
Khalif also represents limited partners in private fund investments and counsels investment advisers and fund managers on regulatory and general corporate matters.
He was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch (2026) for Corporate Law and Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law.
Before joining Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres, Khalif was an associate at Winston & Strawn LLP, where he advised clients on the formation and operation of private investment funds and related transactions.
He earned his J.D. and M.B.A. from Wake Forest University and his B.A. in English and B.A. in International Affairs from the University of Georgia.
Direct: (336) 707-1062
PRACTICE AREAS
EDUCATION
- Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D.
- Wake Forest University School of Business, M.B.A.
- University of Georgia, B.A.
ADMISSIONS
- North Carolina
- District of Columbia
KHALIF TIMBERLAKE
Associate
Direct: (336) 707-1062
PRACTICE AREAS
EDUCATION
- Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D.
- Wake Forest University School of Business, M.B.A.
- University of Georgia, B.A.
ADMISSIONS
- North Carolina
- District of Columbia
Khalif Timberlake is an associate at Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres, where he focuses his practice on investment management and private funds. He advises sponsors and investors across the full lifecycle of private investment funds, including fund formation, upper-tier structuring, carried interest arrangements, secondary transactions, and exits.
Khalif also represents limited partners in private fund investments and counsels investment advisers and fund managers on regulatory and general corporate matters.
He was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch (2026) for Corporate Law and Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law.
Before joining Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres, Khalif was an associate at Winston & Strawn LLP, where he advised clients on the formation and operation of private investment funds and related transactions.
He earned his J.D. and M.B.A. from Wake Forest University and his B.A. in English and B.A. in International Affairs from the University of Georgia.