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What the Team is Known For

McDermott Will & Schulte has a hedge fund-focused funds team that is at the forefront of the startup space, providing an exceptional service for both first-time and established manager launches. Its impressive bench includes several leaders in the field. The firm's full-service offering is bolstered by a dedicated buy-side regulatory and compliance team in New York. It acts for an impressive collection of global alternative asset managers and maintains close relationships, with large prime brokerages at bulge bracket banks.

Strengths

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They know hedge funds inside out and their technical skills and other fundamentals are outstanding. They're very good at giving commercial advice, they've been there and done it all.

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It's a highly qualified and experienced team, with relevant commercial understanding of the landscape.

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They have deep knowledge and expertise in the hedge fund space and are well able to deploy that across complex matters.

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Notable Practitioners

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Christopher Hilditch
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Christopher Hilditch
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Christopher Hilditch has extensive expertise and experience in the formation and operation of hedge funds. He also regularly advises international sponsors on hybrid funds.

Christopher is very knowledgeable and I enjoy working with him.

Christopher is an outstanding lawyer who thinks outside the box and is quick to opine.

Christopher is superb. He's highly experienced, technical and commercial.

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Josh Dambacher
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Josh Dambacher
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US-qualified lawyer Josh Dambacher is considered to be one of the leading hedge fund lawyers in London. He advises on the formation and operation of substantial onshore and offshore hedge funds.

If a matter is more complicated or challenging, Josh is absolutely our go-to guy for what we continue to consider the best advice and insights we could conceivably gain from a legal counsel.

Josh is a known rainmaker who knows everyone, is commercially savvy and is not afraid to fight your corner in negotiations. He is the value add and we feel privileged to work with him.

Josh is the absolute best investment management lawyer in the market. His unmatched expertise, strategic insight and client-focused approach sets the gold standard in the market.

Josh is an outstanding lawyer who is very commercially aware with vast experience and a deep set of contacts.

Josh is pragmatic and easy to deal with. He also has a good command of fund law and the alternative fund space.

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Lee Smith
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Lee Smith
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Lee Smith is a highly capable investment funds lawyer who advises on the establishment, restructuring and operation of hedge funds and hybrid funds.

The quality of Lee's work is very good and he's very good at managing deadlines. When something is urgent, he delivers.

Lee is easy, pragmatic and always delivering what we need, consistently. He is a very solid adviser all-round.

Lee is very experienced.

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Sasha O'Leary
Sasha O'Leary
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Sasha O'Leary advises clients on matters including fund launches, management and restructuring.

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Christopher Hilditch
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Christopher Hilditch
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Josh Dambacher
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Josh Dambacher
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Lee Smith
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Lee Smith
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Sasha O'Leary
Sasha O'Leary
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