Practice
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We advise sponsors in structuring and marketing hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds and special situations and distressed assets funds that fall outside the registration requirements of the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act. We also advise both sponsors and investors on the special tax issues applicable to foreign and tax-exempt investors, including ECI and UBTI, as well as ERISA “plan asset” issues that arise for investment funds.
Publications
- "Buying a Majority Interest in a Hedge Fund Manager: An Acquirer's Primer on Key Structuring and Negotiating Issues" by Scott Budlong, Eva Marie Carney, Thao Do, Eric O'Meara, William Orbe and Kenneth Werner published in The Hedge Fund Law Report
- "Changes Coming to Fund Compensation Structures?" by Jahangier Sharifi and Kenneth Werner