Investment Funds: Hedge Funds | Asia-Pacific

Clifford Chance has a renowned pan-Asian legal practice with leading practitioners in Hong Kong and Singapore, offering a comprehensive skill set that covers innovative investment structures in hedge, private equity and real estate funds. The firm is also recognised for its work on the formation of registered funds in Singapore and Hong Kong. It advises an enviable client base comprising top-end sponsors, managers and investors on fund formation, regulatory issues and investments. The firm draws on its considerable strength in the transactional private equity and real estate areas to support its funds clients and is a first choice of counsel regarding the formation of high-profile regional development funds.

Sidley Austin is an international law firm with market-leading offerings in Hong Kong and Singapore providing an outstanding hedge funds practice which caters for global investors and in particular those with a US focus. It has additional strength in private equity and real estate fund formation and management, providing a comprehensive regulatory and transactional offering in relation to open and closed-end funds throughout Asia. The firm offers integrated expertise in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Japan, US and English law. It is active on funds focused around the region, including those focused on South Asia and on South-East Asia.

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.

DLA Piper has legal offices in Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand and assists fund managers with the formation, management and restructuring of hedge funds and advises investors throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Its expertise includes fund launches and spin-offs, with additional experience restructuring funds to allow clients to attract capital from US and European investors. The firm is also active advising limited partners on their investments.

Baker McKenzie is a leading global law firm with an established track record for handling a range of funds matters on an Asia-wide scale. The firm has exceptional cross-border capabilities, owing to its impressive global footprint, which is further bolstered in the Asia-Pacific region by its significant Australian funds group. It is particularly prominent for its work on private equity real estate funds, REITs and pension funds, with additional expertise handling secondary investments and regulatory compliance work. It acts as counsel to sovereign wealth funds operating in the region and advises investors and fund managers on regulatory matters, including the impact of financial regulation reforms.