Legal services for private fund formation requires a combination of structuring expertise, market knowledge, project management and transactional skills all framed within an international context.
Our fund formation team brings together specialists from across the firm, and co-ordination with our developed specialist overseas lawyers network, to deliver a first class fund formation to our manager clients and to investors into funds.
Our expertise includes acting for managers on the winding up of their funds including distributions of assets and other arrangements. Our sector expertise covers private equity, venture capital, real estate, infrastructure and credit funds.
Areas of focus
Our alternative investment funds expertise includes the following:
- Acting for managers on their fund formation from initial structuring through to negotiations and closing.
- Expertise in winding up funds.
- Expertise in secondary sales of fund interests.
- Establishing UK and international funds, including Luxembourg, Channel Islands and Cayman Islands.
- Assisting with structuring and establishing management vehicles.
- Advice on carried interest or other performance incentive structuring.
- Acting for investors into funds including negotiating side letters.
- Clear and accessible documentation.