代表经验

• Represented hundreds of private funds, including private equity funds and hedge funds pursuing a broad variety of investment strategies such as infrastructure funds, credit funds, distressed debt funds, socially responsible funds, commodity pools, hybrid funds, crypto funds, activist funds, long/short equity, multi-strategy, multi-series, quantitative, global macro, fixed-income, high-yield, arbitrage, event-driven, biotech, bitcoin, and real estate private equity and real estate evergreen funds in connection with such funds’ formation and operation including ongoing investor issues and needs, side letter arrangements, seeding arrangements, investor disputes, conflicts, and a variety of compliance issues.*
• Represented multiple Investment Company Act registered closed-end interval funds pursuing novel fund of fund and real estate strategies in connection with such funds’ organization and operation including fund governance, fiduciary duties, best practices, compliance, policies and procedures, and regulatory investigations and inspections.
• Created hedge funds and private equity fund structures in a variety of jurisdictions including the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Luxembourg, Mauritius, the Isle of Man, and the British Virgin Islands for managers located in U.S., Canada, India, Russia, U.K., Switzerland, China, Latin America, Luxembourg, and the Middle East.*
• Represented major institutional, seed, strategic, and other investors in connection with their investments in hedge funds, real estate funds, private equity funds (including co-investment opportunities), venture capital funds, and commodity pools.*
• Represented private fund managers in SEC and other regulatory investigations in connection with issues such as insider trading and short selling; created and reviewed compliance programs, policies and procedures and conducted annual compliance reviews for U.S. and non-U.S. advisers.*
• Represented investment managers in connection with discretionary and non-discretionary managed accounts, accounts managing illiquid investments (e.g., managed accounts investing in funds and private equity investments), parallel managed accounts, accounts managed to various levels of exposure, co-investments and funds of one, and negotiated a variety of different fee structures, including those involving clawbacks, benchmarks, and hurdle arrangements.*
• Represented a large non-U.S. institutional manager in its negotiation of various ISDA agreements and schedules and their terms, including ISDA Events of Default and Early Terminations, repurchase agreements, credit support documents, prime brokerage and foreign exchange prime brokerage documentation and global netting, and securities lending and borrowing agreements with U.S. and offshore counterparties in connection with such manager’s first foray in U.S. hedge funds.*
• Represented a private equity firm owning and operating franchised restaurant companies in connection with its investment offerings.*
• Assisted a European manager with review and advice concerning 2016 Securities Financing Transactions Regulation collateral arrangement rules and other regulatory developments on ISDA swaps and other derivative transactions.*

* 加入 Foley 之前处理的事务。