Abrar Hussain

Abrar joined Samsara BioCapital in 2022 as the firm’s General Counsel. Prior to his joining Samsara, Abrar was General Counsel and Managing Director of Elixir Capital—a growth stage private equity fund. He was a partner in the San Francisco office of Kirkland & Ellis where he focused on representing investment funds such as the Carlyle Group, Apollo Management, New Enterprise Associates and others. Abrar also has significant experience teaching and has been an Adjunct Professor at Vanderbilt University and at UC Berkeley where he has taught classes on private equity and investment funds. Abrar has a BA from Cornell University and a JD from Vanderbilt University School of Law.