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Herrick can help you get a hedge fund off the ground with structural, tax and organizational support, and you can rely on our corporate, regulatory and compliance experience to help your established fund reach its full potential. We're business people ourselves, and you'll see the benefit of our creative and informed advice in your bottom line.

  • Registration for investment advisers, commodity pool operators and broker-dealers
  • Building an effective compliance program
  • Advertising and marketing practices
  • Trading and valuation issues
  • Anti-money laundering compliance
  • ERISA issues
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Addressing conflicts of interest
  • Preparation for regulatory examinations
  • Employee matters
  • General business and tax matters
  • International corporate and tax structuring

 

We are seasoned business lawyers, including MBAs, CPAs, and LLMs, with actual business experience that translates into business-oriented advice. We do this in every segment of the private funds industry and we have a proven record of success to show for it.

Our attorneys have represented hundreds of hedge funds and funds of hedge funds encompassing nearly every type of fund structure and strategy. Our experience includes:

  • Domestic and offshore structures (including multi-class vehicles)
  • Master feeder structures
  • Hybrid structures
  • Foreign stock exchange listings
  • Seed investor transactions
  • Joint ventures
  • Insurance dedicated funds
  • Derivative transactions
  • Deferred fee arrangements
  • Incentive compensation structures

 

Those are just the basics. Since we have an insider's understanding of the hedge fund business, we can help you develop innovative products and structures for your particular circumstances, such as including specialized asset-backed lending structures, insurance and real estate related strategies and leveraged portfolios through the use of customized derivative instruments.