Our investment management attorneys represent clients from all aspects of the investment side of financial services.
We advise pooled investment funds and their managers on legal and corporate matters, as well as compliance issues. We also advise clients, both institutional and private, on the structure, organization, and offerings of private investment funds, including private equity funds, hedge funds, real estate funds, and funds of funds.
The legal, regulatory, and investment challenges within the dynamic investment sector require informed market intelligence. Our legal teams are regularly involved in various aspects of the investment management sector and are well and reliably versed on both current issues and pending changes.
Our investment management legal team advises on a wide range of investor clients, including:
- Advising fund sponsors regarding investment specifics, structures, and other details, including regulatory issues;
- Providing a full range of legal advice to private and institutional investors, including estate and tax advice, as well as other business or personal counsel. Our integrated approach draws on the strength and expertise of our entire firm as needed, to fully align our clients’ goals; and
- Counseling family offices regarding all aspects of their business, including formation, investment matters, and changing regulatory/compliance issues.
We also provide a full range of legal services to our private investment fund clients, including:
- Fund structure, formation, and documentation
- Securities regulatory and compliance matters relating to fundraising and ongoing operational compliance
- Tax and ERISA analyses
- Federal and state laws and regulations
- Marketing material review
- Investor negotiations, including side letters and co-investment structures
- Contracts with service providers
- Manager structure
- Fund transactions, including portfolio loans and investments, acquisitions, dispositions, co-investments, debt, and portfolio company representation
Our team’s experience in the investment management industry and with government regulators, as well as our ready access to colleagues within other practice areas, helps us provide practical, business-oriented counsel to our investment management clients.
If disputes arise, clients turn to our Financial Services Litigation team for assistance.
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