Investment Funds: Registered Funds (International Firms) | Global

Baker McKenzie's investment funds team is commonly selected by asset management clients seeking to establish large private equity funds, with particular expertise in real estate strategies. The team handles mandates for the formation and management of MPFs and REITs. The team additionally acts for leading institutional investors with regard to high-value investments into funds. The firm's key clientele includes APG Asset Management, CapitaLand Investment and Gaw Capital Partners.

Clifford Chance remains a preferred fund formation counsel for a roster of top-flight clients. The team has a comprehensive offering, with high-quality expertise in hedge, private equity, real estate and registered funds. The team has further experience providing counsel on regulatory and securities matters, and it is well versed in advising on high-stakes, high-value matters with a regional focus. The firm also advises LP clients with regard to high-value investments into funds. The team is often called upon by PRC-side clients for private equity matters, and its recent mandates cover the logistics, technology and energy sectors.

The broad funds practice at Dechert is frequently engaged by asset management clients to advise on the authorisation, listing and regulatory maintenance of registered funds. The team provides particular expertise with regard to unit trusts and mutual funds as well as having extensive offshore experience covering formation, structuring and management. The team is also well versed in advising on cross-border mandates, and is an active counsel on hedge and hybrid fund formation and increasingly involved in the private equity sphere. The firm counts Greenwoods Asset Management, China Ping An Insurance Overseas and IMM Investment Global among its major clients.