Our Asset Management practice 2017
2 Our Asset Management practice 2017 Allen & Overy LLP 2017
3 How we can assist you Allen & Overy is characterised by its all-encompassing approach to alternative investment funds. Chambers & Partners, UK, 2016 - Investment Funds Our global team advises asset managers, funds and investors on legal, regulatory and tax matters. We offer expertise in the key regions, with teams in the U.S. and UK, Luxembourg and the other main European financial centres. In addition we have invested to expand our teams in the Middle East, Asia and Australia and have strong relationships with law firms in the key offshore jurisdictions for the industry. Areas we advise and assist clients on include: Best Onshore Law Firm MENA Fund Manager Fund Services Awards, 2017 Authorisation applications for both asset managers and funds in the main jurisdictions for the industry. Industry consultations working with individual clients or trade bodies to effectively represent their views before regulators and government. All the individuals that I have dealt with at A&O have had a very strong technical background and a good grasp of the issues. They work very well to tight deadlines and produce, to my mind, excellent legal opinions. Chambers & Partners, UK, 2016 (client quote) - Investment Funds Contentious matters where we work closely with our market-leading Litigation, Employment and Restructuring teams. Fund establishment across all the main asset classes and covering both retail and alternative investment fund structures. Investment management advising clients on all aspects of investment management arrangements between managers and investors. Regulatory reform establishing and implementing compliance programmes and helping with business re-design processes. Secondary transfers of fund interests between investors or advising managers on on-going portfolio management. Surveys producing surveys of rules and regulations in multiple jurisdictions and across different financial products and services.
4 Our Asset Management practice 2017 Our experience Examples of the areas in which we work include: Fund establishment TH Real Estate On the establishment of its European Cities Fund, targeting commercial and residential real estate assets. Aegon On the establishment of a loan fund for small and medium-sized enterprises. IFC On its partnership with Investec and Growthpoint Properties to create a pan-african third-party real estate investment platform. Waterton Global Resource Management On the establishment of its third private equity mining fund. CQS On the establishment of a number of hedge funds and on-going fund portfolio matters. National Bank of Abu Dhabi On the establishment of its Cash Plus Fund to invest in money market instruments. An especially popular choice for cross-border mandates due to its vast global reach. Chambers & Partners, Europe: Germany, 2016 - Investment Funds Operates on a global basis, notably acting on numerous funds in emerging markets like CEE and Latin America. Chambers & Partners, UK, 2015 Investment Funds Delivers all-round expertise... as well as providing assistance to fund managers throughout the fund cycle. Chambers & Partners, Asia-Pacific: Australia, 2016 - Investment Funds Allen & Overy LLP 2017
5 Investment management European Investment Bank On their investment in the Africa Renewable Energy Fund. SEB On the transfer of 26 funds to Hauck & Aufhäuser Privatbankiers acting as the new depositary. A U.S. pension plan On its European real estate fund investments. An Asian sovereign wealth fund On a cornerstone investment into an infrastructure fund. Regulatory advice A U.S. money manager On the establishment of an international shareholder disclosure compliance programme. A UK investment manager On the merger of two funds under the EU s UCITS IV Directive. An alternative investment manager On regulatory issues relating to compliance with the U.S. Investment Advisers Act (the 40 Act ). Various clients On compliance with the EU s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).
6 Our Asset Management practice 2017 Key contacts Europe John Goodhall Partner UK Tel +44 20 3088 2506 john.goodhall@ Matthew Huggett Partner UK Tel +44 20 3088 4929 matthew.huggett@ Pavel Shevtsov Partner UK Tel +44 20 3088 4729 pavel.shevtsov@ Nick Smith Partner - London/Dubai Tel: +44 20 3088 4095 Tel: +971 4 426 7128 nick.smith@ Nick Williams Partner UK Tel +44 20 3088 2739 nick.williams@ Tamara Cizeika Counsel UK Tel +44 20 3088 2329 tamara.cizeika@ Sylvia Kierszenbaum Partner Belgium Tel +32 3 287 74 10 sylvia.kierszenbaum@ Brice Henry Partner France Tel +33 1 4006 5366 brice.henry@ Frank Herring Of Counsel Germany Tel +49 69 2648 5310 frank.herring@ Jean-Christian Six Partner Luxembourg Tel +352 44 44 5 5710 jean-christian.six@ Ellen Cramer-de Jong Partner Netherlands Tel +31 20 674 1468 ellen.cramerdejong@ Salvador Ruiz Bachs Partner Spain Tel +34 91 782 99 23 salvador.ruizbachs@ Allen & Overy LLP 2017
7 Africa Middle East North America Khurshid Fazel Partner South Africa Tel +27 10 597 9880 khurshid.fazel@ Samer Eido Partner Qatar - Doha Tel +974 4 419 4302 samer.eido@ Barbara Stettner Partner Washington, D.C. Tel +1 202 683 3850 barbara.stettner@ Chris Salter Partner Washington, D.C. Tel +1 202 683 3851 chris.salter@ Marc Ponchione Partner Washington, D.C. Tel +1 202 683 3882 marc.ponchione@ Mitchell Silk Partner New York Tel +1 212 610 6303 mitchell.silk@ Dave Lewis Partner New York Tel +1 212 756 1147 dave.lewis@ Charles Borden Partner Washington, D.C. Tel +1 202 683 3852 charles.borden@ Asia-Pacific Jason Denisenko Partner Australia Tel +612 9373 7809 jason.denisenko@ Jane Jiang Partner China Tel +86 10 6535 4318 jane.jiang@ Charlotte Robins Partner Hong Kong Tel +852 2974 6986 charlotte.robins@ Lian Chuan Yeoh Counsel Singapore Tel +65 6671 6075 lian.chuan.yeoh@
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