Neal Gerber Eisenberg’s fund formation and investment management practice represents funds, fund managers and investors, including management firms, hedge funds, private equity and venture funds, family offices and funds of funds. By representing both fund managers and investors, we are able to maintain in-depth insights into the trends affecting the structuring and terms of funds, private equity transactions, venture capital transactions and other transactional matters.
Private Investment Funds
Our attorneys counsel both funds and their advisers on the structure and organization of many vehicles, including U.S. limited partnerships, limited liability companies and offshore funds. These private investment funds include hedge funds, multimanager funds or funds-of-funds, commodity pools, real estate funds, pledge funds, life insurance funds, accounts receivable funds, Forex funds and distressed debt funds.
Fund Investors & Service Providers
The firm represents leading investors in their private investment fund investments, including funds of funds, financial institutions, charitable organizations, high net-worth individuals, family offices and family businesses. We analyze and review private investment fund terms for our investor clients, assist them in their due diligence efforts and advise them with regard to market terms and practices and the range of solutions that are frequently negotiated in fund documents, individually managed accounts and side letters.
Regulatory Matters
We represent clients in ERISA and pension issues, tax matters, broker/dealer regulations, securities registration exemptions, privacy regulations and Sarbanes-Oxley and Patriot Act compliance. We also advise our fund clients on soft dollars, private offerings and the use of the Internet, new issues regulation, capital introduction programs, anti-money laundering regulation compliance, performance advertising issues, trade allocations, federal securities laws disclosure obligations, and privacy regulations.