Our experience includes:

  • Advising a UK private equity firm on the establishment of a EUR 30m private equity fund to acquire the shares of a Polish company operating in the security industry.
  • Advising a start-up private equity fund manager on the establishment of:
    • a EUR 250m pan-European private equity fund established as a Luxembourg RAIF.
    • a EUR 250m secondary private equity fund to acquire the entire portfolio of assets of an existing private equity fund.
  • Advising the asset management subsidiary of an Italian bank on the acquisition of a global macro hedge fund manager in the UK.
  • Advising a UK venture capital firm on the establishment of a USD 50m investment fund investing in the discount retail sector in China.
  • Advising an Isle of Man life insurance company on the acquisition of a life insurer operating in the Isle of Man and Hong Kong and the transfer of a book of insurance policies by way of a scheme of arrangement.
  • Advising a UK venture capital firm on obtaining FCA authorisation and launching an EIS/SEIS fund operating in the social impact space.
  • Advising the European compliance function of a global private equity firm that invests in distressed assets on a variety of compliance projects involving their subsidiaries in the UK, the Netherlands, France, Italy and Spain.
  • Advising a leading pan-European private equity firm on the regulatory aspects of the acquisition of a UK sub-prime mortgage lender, a UK authorised insurance company, a UK authorised insurance broker and a UK authorised payments institution. These engagements involved:
    • carrying on a regulatory due diligence and thematic review of aspects concerning the operations of the target company.
    • obtaining PRA and FCA change in control approval for the acquisition.
    • advising the investor directors on their duties and responsibilities under the approved persons and senior managers regimes.
    • advising on the application of the AIFMD asset stripping and notification rules.
  • Advising a PRA authorised bank on arrangements concerning the holding of client money on a fiduciary basis for a Lloyds’ managing agent.
  • Advising on the establishment of a P2P property lending platform and a P2P aggregator lending platform.
  • Advising an Italian risk management firm on the establishment of their operations in the UK and obtaining FCA authorisation.
  • Advising a UK private equity depositary on the delegation of its AIFMD custody function to a global sub-custodian based in Ireland.
  • Advising a UK fund manager investing in listed equities and bonds on its compliance with UK and EU legislation including the AIFMD, MIFID, MIFID 2 and EMIR.
  • Advising a hedge fund manager based in Malta on the passporting and marketing into the UK of its investment products including an un-regulated AIF and a UCITS fund.
  • Advising a UK and US private equity firm on the establishment of a private equity fund to acquire a portfolio of private equity investments from a UK private equity firm.
  • Advising:
    • an investment management firm on ensuring compliance with the new MiFID 2 requirements on dealing commissions and research payment accounts.
    • the provider of an alpha capture system on the impact that MAR and MiFID 2 will have on its business.