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From sponsor and investor representation, regulatory filings and tax solutions, through its offices located around the globe, Withers offers a multi-practice, comprehensive service to investors and fund managers in the ever-changing regulatory climate.

We have advised some of the most successful fund managers, sponsors and investors, navigate complex cross-border legal, regulatory and tax issues to ensure their continuation of success.

We provide legal, regulatory and tax 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 that 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 unique ‘one-stop’ shop for all your legal and tax needs in forming, managing and investing your fund.

Our integrated team of over 20 senior funds partners are based in the major financial and capital raising hubs of Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong, New York, Los Angeles and London. The team specialises in the legal, regulatory and international tax advisory aspects of fund structuring, marketing, formation, management, financing, disposing and investing. Our experience spans across a wide range of jurisdictions, practices, industry sectors and funds types such 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 18 offices globally, we also routinely advise on complex private equity, real estate and M&A transactions, whilst being compliant with the regulatory needs in various jurisdictions.

Regardless of your investment strategy and profile, our firm’s breadth of resources allows us to deliver solutions that are tailored to your 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

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Clients

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I have always found their style and approach to be thoughtful, insightful, effective and efficient with the experience to provide the highest level of legal service allowing us to make informed decisions.

J L McCarrey III, Senior Vice President - McKinley Capital
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We have relied on Eric and his team for nearly twenty years. The team is excellent and we have been completely satisfied with their work.

PAG Real Estate
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Koji is the go to person for foreign asset managers in Japan. He is an expert for Japanese regulatory requirements but also has a good grasp of overseas, especially US, regulatory rules, which is quite unique. He is very commercial and can communicate complex regulatory issues and what impact they have on a business in a simple and concise manner.

Head of Compliance, Asia Pacific - one of Europe's leading asset managers
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Koji is one of the true financial regulatory specialists that operate in the Tokyo legal market and has an exceptional experience and technical knowledge of Japanese financial regulations and investment funds.

Chambers Asia Pacific

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Charman v Charman

In collaboration with our family law experts, we advised in this high profile and complex divorce case which may be seen as the apogee of the English divorce jurisdiction's robust attitude towards offshore trusts. It marked the widening gap between the trust industry on the one hand and the family division on the other as to the respect to be accorded to trusts, and it remains a seminal case in this field today.

The US-born son of a UK businessman

When he became engaged to a Swiss citizen, the son of a high-profile UK businessman asked us to help him obtain a British Passport and expatriate from the US. We were also asked to draft a prenuptial agreement. Timing was of the essence but as a global, full-service firm we created a team of immigration, family and private client lawyers to meet tight deadlines.

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