Having the best fund structure is vital for any investment manager or investment advisor. As a specialist adviser to the funds industry, we provide clients with expert knowledge of fund structures in all main onshore and offshore fund jurisdictions.

Along with the advice of Laven Legal Services  or other counsels, we can help clients in relation to the broad range of legal, tax, regulatory, and ongoing operational issues – all key points when creating a successful and tailored fund structure.

We focus on structuring and setting up hedge funds, retail funds (including UCITS), regulated non-retail funds, closed ended and private equity funds in various jurisdictions including Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands, and other relevant jurisdictions such as Malta, Ireland, and the British Virgin Islands.

We can assist you with:

• structuring new funds ranging from single strategy to umbrella and master-feeder structures;
• restructuring existing funds;
• fund distribution;
• fund redomiciliation;
• dealing with distressed fund issues and fund closures;
• advising on fund listings on worldwide stock exchanges.

We have expert knowledge of the following structures and provide daily advice to clients on all aspects related to such structures:

• Retail funds – regulated form of funds open to the retail market.
• UCITS – European-wide regulated funds which can be marketed to the public;
• Non-UCITS (e.g. Luxembourg SIFs and Irish QIFs) – European regulated funds which can be available to the retail market but are often limited to professional (well informed) investors and institutional investors;
• Traditional Hedge Funds – in the Cayman Islands and BVI, but also European fund products such as SIFs.

The services we provide are complemented by our strong knowledge of international regulatory issues, our established relationships with local fund regulators and the wide network of associations we have developed with top specialist counsels, barristers and fund services providers.