Investment Funds: Closed-ended Listed Funds

Gabriel Boghossian is head of Stephenson Harwood's private funds and secondaries practice. He advises financial services clients and investment authorities on managing their investment decisions. He is able to provide expert guidance on cornerstone investments and complex GP-led and LP-led secondary transactions.

Gabriel is very knowledgeable and very client-driven, consistently providing great service to his clients.

Gabriel's experience is invaluable in handling complex situations. He is a great negotiator and has very strong commercial vision.

Gabriel is a stellar negotiator who knows the market very well.

Gabriel is always great with his clients and is very knowledgeable and commercially astute.

Gabriel knows the industry and market better than anyone else.

Sarah de Ste Croix is recognised for her prowess assisting top European clients with fundraising and secondary transactions, both GP-led and LP-led. She has additional expertise in bespoke fund restructuring.

Sarah is extremely competent, intelligent, commercial and professional. She delivers great advice to us as clients, and her team is top notch.

Sarah's relentless focus, deep experience and negotiation abilities are instrumental to achieving optimal outcomes for clients.

Sarah is very experienced and knowledgeable. Market-savvy with a commercial mindset, Sarah is a thorough and effective negotiator.

Sarah is a phenomenal lawyer who isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty to get things done. She is very commercial and has a knack for finding ways to bridge gaps when issues reach an impasse.

William Saunders is head of funds and financial services at Stephenson Harwood. He advises on the structuring and launch of listed funds and investment trusts. He also assists clients with mergers and takeovers.

William is commercial, knows the sector inside out and is good in contentious situations.

William is one of the superstars and is excellent.

William's advice is very highly rated.

William has huge experience, acumen, commerciality and provides good client care.

Alex Haynes advises investment trusts, sponsors and bookrunners on a range of closed-ended fund matters. His areas of expertise include fund establishment, listings and stock migrations.

Alex is fantastic: he's extremely knowledgeable about the sector, thoroughly reliable in his advice, extremely responsive and always willing to go the extra mile.

Alex is a good operator.

If I was going to say who probably does the most deals in this market and is very well respected, I would mention Alex.

Nick Horton regularly assists clients with restructuring, share issuances, IPOs and transactional matters for closed-ended listed funds.

Nick is very good to deal with and brings a good deal of commercial sense and experience to the table.

I am very impressed with Nick. He is very knowledgeable and responsive. A pleasure to work with.

Kate Longman is a specialist in closed-ended investment funds. She represents clients in IPOs, secondary issues and reorganisations.

Kate is always reliable and provides excellent advice.

She knows her stuff and just gets on with the job in a no-fuss manner. I can rely on Kate to deliver.