Barbara Burns

Barbara joined AEA in 2011 and became Partner and AEA’s General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer in 2013.

Before joining AEA, Barbara was the head of legal coverage for Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, the real estate private equity division of Morgan Stanley. Prior to her work at Morgan Stanley, she practiced law at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, securities and private equity in its New York and London offices.

Barbara is admitted to the bar in New York.