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Investment funds lawyers

We help fund managers, sponsors and investors to ensure their continued success. With a dedicated team working from global finance hubs, we are an investment fund law firm offering a ‘one-stop shop’ to help you navigate cross-border legal, regulatory and tax issues at every stage.

From sponsor and investor representation to regulatory filings and tax solutions, we offer multi-practice, comprehensive and international investment fund legal services to investors and fund managers in the ever-changing regulatory climate.

Our investment fund lawyers have advised some of the most successful fund managers, sponsors and investors on how to navigate complex cross-border legal, regulatory and tax issues, to ensure their continued success.

We provide advice on the entire lifecycle of open-end and closed-end funds and have the resources needed to handle all types and sizes of transactions. One of our key differentiators is our market-leading international tax advisory team, which is highly proficient in structuring global and regional funds, using global tax treaties and regimes to achieve optimal tax efficiency for our clients. Our integrated legal and tax teams provide a comprehensive service for all your needs in forming, managing and investing your fund.
 

Our integrated team of over 20 senior funds partners is based in the major financial and capital-raising hubs of Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong, New York, Los Angeles and London. This team of investment fund lawyers has experience in the legal, regulatory and international tax advisory aspects of fund structuring, marketing, formation, management, financing, disposing and investing. Our experience spans a wide range of jurisdictions, practices, industry sectors and fund types, such as private equity funds, hedge funds, venture funds, fund of funds, and real estate funds among others. 

Working with our corporate, financing and real estate investment partners across our global offices, we also routinely provide investment fund legal advice related to complex private equity, real estate, and M&A transactions while being compliant with the regulatory needs in various jurisdictions. Our dispute resolution team also has a long record of working with funds clients to help them successfully deal with contentious issues.

Regardless of your strategy and profile, our law firm's breadth of resources allows us to deliver solutions that are tailored to investment fund activities across the world.

Fund types we work with:

  • Private equity funds
  • Hedge funds
  • Venture funds
  • Real estate funds
  • Fund of funds
  • Private investment in public equity funds (PIPE funds)
  • Special purpose acquisition (SPAC funds) 
  • Cryptocurrency funds
  • Insurance dedicated funds (IDF funds) 
  • Hybrid funds / opportunity funds
  • Media and entertainment funds
  • Art funds
  • Commodity pools
  • EB-5 funds
  • Life settlement funds
  • Debt funds
  • Litigation finance funds

Track record

A Singapore-based private equity group

Advised Everstone Capital Asia Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based private equity group, in the formation of their highly successful fourth PE fund, Everstone Capital Partners IV. 

Alto Partners

Advised Singapore-based venture capital firms Alto Partners on the establishment of a new umbrella VCC, Forge Ventures VCC, and in the launch of its inaugural sub-fund, a venture capital fund targeting investment in a "concentrated portfolio" of 15 companies, with a focus on Singapore and Indonesia and the edtech and fintech sectors in particular.

An early-stage investment fund

Advised MDI Ventures and Finch Capital jointly in their launch of an early-stage investment fund - Arise. The Arise fund has a target of US$40 million in assets under management and will invest in start- ups in the post-seed to series A stage with an average ticket size of between US$ 250,000 and US$ 3 million.

Anatole Investment Management Limited

Advised Anatole Investment Management Limited in its Series D round investment in Shihui Inc., which operates a food community electronic commerce service platform in China, by subscribing Series D preferred shares for a total consideration of US$50 million. 

Anatole Investment Management Limited

Advised Anatole Investment Management Limited in the purchase of Series E preferred shares in Bytedance Limited, the parent company of TikTok, from an existing shareholder off the secondary market.

Green Growth Feeder Fund Pte. Ltd.

Advised Green Growth Feeder Fund Pte. Ltd., the Singapore-domiciled feeder fund for the Green Growth Equity Fund, an Indian Alternative Investment Fund, and the sponsor, Eversource Management Holdings Ltd. 

Monex Inc.

Advised Monex Inc. on the establishment of a fund in the Cayman Islands as well as on related Japan regulatory issues.

Mpower Partners Fund

Represented Mpower Partners Fund, Japan's first environmental, social and governance focused global venture fund, on their launch

Altara Ventures

Advised Altara Ventures, a technology venture capital firm investing across Southeast Asia investing in pre-A, Series A and Series B stage companies that build innovation solutions in Fintech, Logistics & Mobility, Consumer, Enterprise Software and Deep Tech, Healthcare and Edtech, in Series A fundraising rounds in two Southeast Asian technology start-ups.

A large private equity fund

Withers has a century of experience in advising high net worth individuals and organizations. So we were pleased to work closely with seven principals of a $1 billion-plus fund to facilitate the most tax-efficient transfer of their interests in a new fund into wealth holding vehicles.

Altara Ventures

Advised Altara Ventures, a technology venture capital firm investing across Southeast Asia investing in pre-A, Series A and Series B stage companies that build innovation solutions in Fintech, Logistics & Mobility, Consumer, Enterprise Software and Deep Tech, Healthcare and Edtech, in Series A fundraising rounds in two Southeast Asian technology start-ups.

A large private equity fund

Withers has a century of experience in advising high net worth individuals and organizations. So we were pleased to work closely with seven principals of a $1 billion-plus fund to facilitate the most tax-efficient transfer of their interests in a new fund into wealth holding vehicles.

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Our team

M. Ridgway Barker

M. Ridgway Barker

Partner | Greenwich

M. Ridgway Barker

Partner | Greenwich

Corporate

Daniel Yong

Daniel Yong

Partner | Singapore

Daniel Yong

Partner | Singapore

Corporate

William J. Kambas

William J. Kambas

Partner | New York

William J. Kambas

Partner | New York

Private client and tax

David Guin

David Guin

Partner | New York

David Guin

Partner | New York

Corporate

Koji Yamamoto

Koji Yamamoto

Partner | Tokyo

Koji Yamamoto

Partner | Tokyo

Investment funds and financial regulations

Yoshiyuki Omori

Yoshiyuki Omori

Partner | Tokyo

Yoshiyuki Omori

Partner | Tokyo

Investment funds and financial regulations

Rachel Hawkins

Rachel Hawkins

Partner | London

Rachel Hawkins

Partner | London

Corporate tax

Simon Wong

Simon Wong

Partner | Hong Kong

Simon Wong

Partner | Hong Kong

Corporate

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