We help our clients negotiate the market realities facing private funds and their investors. Our experience spans a wide range of fund types including buyouts, growth equity, debt, funds-of-funds, special situations, real estate, infrastructure and other sectors. 

We work with the full gamut of private equity, including general partners and management, limited partners such as lenders, and third-party advisors. Given the range of our experience, we are in a unique position to support clients through the entire life cycle of a transaction from concept and development to closing.

We have experience with regulatory frameworks and securities laws and are well-versed in fund documentation, including term sheets, offering memoranda, subscription agreements, partnership agreements and side letters. Leveraging resources across industries and practice areas, we offer clients valuable insight into emerging trends in structures, securities issues, jurisdictional nuances and how best to balance relationships between general and limited partners. Our private fund attorneys focus on helping our clients launch new funds and assist in their capital-raising efforts. Our team offers advice regarding all aspects of fund operations. We help coordinate the numerous service providers involved, advise on the current market landscape and trends and forecasted industry developments as well as advise on applicable laws and regulations. We organize private investment funds, including private equity funds, hedge funds, funds-of-funds, real estate funds, debt funds, mezzanine funds, capital opportunities funds and hybrid entities. We advise institutional investors concerning potential allocations to alternative investment vehicles and in connection with their engagement of investment advisers.

Services we provide include:

• Determining the proper fund structure
• Domicile selection
• Drafting offering and organizational documents, including private placement memoranda, subscription documents and partnership agreements
• Advising on debt financing transactions at various stages of the fund’s life cycle
• Tax advice
• Preparation of investment management agreements
• Negotiating prime brokerage, administration, custodian and other third-party service provider agreements
• Fiduciary obligations and side letters
• Drafting compensation agreements
• Compliance rules and regulations of SEC, FINRA and other regulatory agencies
• Assisting investors with due diligence and compliance matters