Hedge Funds
Private Equity
Distressed Funds
Awards and Recognition
Hedge Funds
- Advising on legal structure and other formation issues including:
- Multi-class/series funds
- Master/feeder funds
- Side-pockets
- Advising clients who utilise a wide variety of investment strategies including:
- Traditional market neutral funds
- Other sector specific objectives such as derivatives and futures, event driven, fixed income, convertibles and funds of funds
- Establishment of hedge funds either as companies, limited partnerships or (particularly for the Japanese market) unit trusts
[ TOP ]Private Equity- Establishment of private equity funds
- Advising on the public and private M&A transactions generated by private equity funds. (Private equity funds are typically not regulated in the Cayman Islands)
[ TOP ] Distressed Funds- Our litigation and investment funds lawyers work hand in hand on:
- Advising funds and their directors on winding down or restructuring funds' affairs
- Acting for funds and service providers on NAV mis-pricing cases, audit negligence disputes and claims against directors
- Advising on disputes between funds and investors on subscription terms and the interpretation of side letters
- Acting for leverage providers and counter-parties to distressed funds
- Assisting creditors, investors, liquidators and service providers in contentious liquidations and parallel foreign bankruptcy and regulatory proceedings
- Provision of preventative counselling
[ TOP ] Awards and RecognitionLipper HedgeWorld Service Providers League Table Guide 2007 - Maples and Calder is ranked as the leading offshore firm both in terms of number of funds and assets under management.
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