Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Asia-Pacific Region
Band 2
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Provided by Dechert LLP
Doing business successfully in Asia Pacific requires commitment, local knowledge and adaptability. Faced with complex regulations and business practices, incoming investors appreciate counsel that combines robust representation with respect for local sensitivities. Asian corporations, in turn, often require a law firm with sophisticated commercial judgment and cross-border capabilities when establishing or expanding a footprint outside the region.
Dechert’s offices in Asia are staffed by an interdisciplinary team comprised of US-qualified, UK-qualified and locally qualified lawyers. As a result, financial services entities of all types — from banks to broker-dealers, from investment managers to insurance companies — rely on Dechert’s investment fund lawyers in Asia. Our clients in Asia include both U.S. and European financial services companies of global breadth, as well as Asian financial services companies of all sizes.
With offices in the financial hubs of Beijing, Hong Kong and Singapore, Dechert helps global corporations, financial institutions and private investors meet their legal and regulatory needs. Our team includes eminent legal figures, who facilitate clients’ expansion by maintaining a network of relationships with regulatory authorities throughout Asia, including China, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea.
Chambers Review
Dechert's legal team has a broad funds practice frequently engaged by asset management clients to advise on the authorisation, listing and regulatory maintenance of registered funds. The firm provides particular expertise with regard to unit trusts and mutual funds. Its extensive offshore experience covers formation, structuring and management, and the firm has a strong record of advising on cross-border mandates. It is active counsel on hedge and hybrid fund formations and increasingly involved in the private equity sphere.
Hong Kong-based Michael Wong and Singapore-based Dean Collins are the key contacts.
Work Highlights
- Dechert assisted Capital Square Partners Management with the formation of a USD700 million fund involving the acquisition of certain portfolio assets from certain earlier vintage funds managed by Capital Square Partners and Basil Technology Partners.
- Dechert represented IMM Investment Global in the formation of the IMM Global Venture Opportunity Fund.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team has extensive experience of fund formation and fundraising across multiple jurisdictions. They provide practical and upfront insights about the roadmap and evolution of the full process, from structure to first close and final close."
"Dechert has demonstrated structural thinking in its deal evaluation and can evaluate relevant matters as a whole. It has a strong ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters."
"The team has extensive experience of fund formation and fundraising across multiple jurisdictions. They provide practical and upfront insights about the roadmap and evolution of the full process, from structure to first close and final close."
"Dechert has demonstrated structural thinking in its deal evaluation and can evaluate relevant matters as a whole. It has a strong ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters."