Investment Funds: Open-ended Funds | UK

Macfarlanes has a respected investment management group that acts for sponsors and investors. The impressive team covers a broad array of fund mandates. Macfarlanes is notable for its work advising UK managers looking to raise mid-market buyout funds, with a team that includes regulatory experts and fully integrated tax specialists. Real estate and real estate debt funds form a core focus of the group, as do open-ended structures for retail funds.

Burges Salmon provides services spanning the full life cycle of a fund. The team advises clients looking for cutting-edge or unique open-ended fund structuring mandates. It is best known for its work with authorised and retail funds, and it continues to provide expert regulatory advice. Burges Salmon also has a developing private funds practice, acting for private equity firms and portfolio companies.

Fieldfisher has a broad investment funds team that offers services across the gamut of regulated and unregulated fund formation and administration for alternative and traditional asset managers. The team has deep experience in bespoke fund structuring. Beyond the group's core expertise in retail and open-ended structures, the team provides regulatory advice and services a large number of alternative fund managers. The Fieldfisher funds team also represents institutional investors in their negotiation and execution of potential investments.