The Investment Funds team provides fund formation, regulatory, securities and litigation services to a robust group of established and emerging hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capitalists and private real estate firms.
While an unprecedented amount of money is flowing into private investment funds, competition in the industry is at an all-time high. Established funds struggle to find scaled investments that still generate significant alpha, while emerging managers may have identified exceptional investment opportunities but are unable to quickly raise the funds necessary to make those investments. And few managers have the resources to stay current on all the regulatory issues affecting their firm and their investments. That is where we come in.
BakerHostetler’s Investment Funds team takes an individualized approach to help clients navigate these issues. First, we listen. Before we can provide the best solutions, we need to understand what is important to our clients and what they hope to achieve. Then we assemble a core team dedicated to each specific fund. Clients never get handed off to new lawyers who are not educated on their unique fund needs. Finally, we craft and implement a strategy to help each client achieve its specific goals in a way that is effective, efficient and consistent with the client’s core values. Throughout the engagement, we put our firm’s resources to work for our clients, keeping them up to date on legal and compliance issues that might impact how they operate their funds.
Our team is multidisciplinary. We constantly collaborate with our industry-focused colleagues. Clients benefit from the experience of our full-time fund lawyers as well as other lawyers across the firm who can provide valuable industry insights into blockchain, artificial intelligence, data privacy and cybersecurity, energy, healthcare, real estate and food and drug investments.