Asset Management

We concentrate on high value added and special projects, including innovative cross-border structuring enabling foreign investor access to newly emerging markets.

Merger and reorganisation activity is also an important part of our practice and we advised on the two largest (European Capital and 3i Infrastructure) and five of the top eight LSE fund launches in 2007, and on both the emerging market funds in the top ten new AIM funds.

Our work includes:

• establishing and structuring fund managers, to include authorisation, licensing and regulation of fund managers, both in the UK and elsewhere
• the structuring, establishment, promotion and administration of investment funds of all types in the UK and elsewhere
• new fund and investment products and reorganisations to enhance investor value or to solve liquidity difficulties
• all types and aspects of alternative investments (hedge funds, private equity and property funds)
• the terms of investment management and advisory appointments including performance fees and exclusivity arrangements
• intellectual property and information technology issues
• custody and settlement issues