Investment Management

The investment management group provides incisive, practical and comprehensive legal advice to investment management firms, depositaries, custodians, other service providers and investors. Few, if any, firms can match the depth and breadth of our offering with true industry experts, across the spread of different asset classes.

Funds, regulatory, tax, employment, finance, derivatives and trading, M&A and commercial expertise are combined in the firm, allowing us to offer comprehensive support to our investment management clients.
Our clients range from large institutional and household names to start-up boutiques and successful private equity and hedge fund houses.
We advise on all types of investment products, from retail funds, through hedge funds and credit funds to private equity funds and real estate funds, across closed-ended, open-ended and listed fund structures.
We act for managers and promoters on a global basis with a particular emphasis on the US and Hong Kong, as well as across the EU.
Our services range from the structuring and establishment of investment products through to their continuing operations.
Unlike many firms, we also advise on the deployment of fund assets, across all asset classes, liquid to illiquid, from short term synthetic trading to project finance for infrastructure funds.
We act for both investors and managers, giving us an unrivalled view across all sectors of the investment management market.
We also provide "house advice" on structuring of a client's business, including associated tax and employment advice.

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Recent work

Keyhaven Capital Partners

Advising Keyhaven Capital Partners on its co-lead investment backing Miura Partners’ single asset GP-led transaction into Proclinic Group.

Fulcrum Asset Management

Advising Fulcrum Asset Management LLP, and its independent authorised corporate director Waystone Management (UK) Limited, on the launch of an open-ended private market focussed fund under the Long-Term Asset Fund (LTAF) regime.

17Capital

Advising long-standing client 17Capital on its fifth fund, 17Capital Fund 5, which has successfully held a final closing at its hard cap of $2.9bn.

Signal Capital Partners

Advising Signal Capital Partners on the fundraising of its €900m Signal Alpha II Fund.

Hayfin Capital Management LLP

Advising Hayfin Capital Management LLP on its special opportunities strategy, which attracted total commitments of €2.2bn and on its European direct lending strategy, gathering €3.5bn.

Partners Group

Partners Group on the establishment of Partners Group Generations Fund; this is the first UK regulated open-ended fund designed to specifically provide defined contribution pension plan investors with exposure to private market investments, including private equity, private debt, real estate, and infrastructure.

ECI Partners

Advising ECI Partners on the raising of its eleventh buyout fund (ECI 11), which closed after hitting its hard cap of £700m within 80 days of launching.

Alcentra

Advising Alcentra on the successful fundraising of its latest European direct lending fund which has closed at €5.5bn.

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Stephen Ross

Partner

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In depth

Retiring partner was entitled to be bought out in the absence of express agreement

Dominic Sedghi, Christopher Good, Andy Carruthers, Matthew Ridgway 17 Apr 2024

The Court of Appeal has clarified the entitlement of an individual who retired from a partnership without agreeing the financial terms of her departure.