Private Funds Lawyer

Clifford Chance LLP

Working on all aspects of the fund formation process as part of the transaction team, including the following workstreams:

• structuring

• term sheet

• drafting/advising on PPM and related offering documents

• vehicle establishment

• drafting all constitutional documents

• liaising with specialist tax and regulatory teams

• handling investor comments and managing multi-party negotiation process.

• preparing carried interest and co-investment arrangements.

• managing the investor subscription process and closing process

• leading on the post-closing MFN process

• Advising on ongoing fund operational issues.

• Working on secondary transactions and restructuring mandates.

• Carrying out fund-review mandates for significant institutional investors.

• Advising managers (and investors) on appropriate fund terms and other topical issues in the industry.

• Working with our funds regulatory teams in the NY, London and elsewhere to help advise our fund manager clients on regulatory and licensing requirements relevant to the private fundraising process.

• Producing internal articles, monitoring industry developments (legal and commercial) and contributing to our extensive know how collections and resources.

• Developing relationships with clients and actively engaging in business development and thought leadership initiatives and seeking out opportunities for new work.

• Drafting legal documents clearly and concisely, creating solutions using legal knowledge and commercial judgement to advise and support leading multi-national corporates.

• Project managing fundraising mandates and delegating appropriately. Supervising junior lawyers and trainees as part of a matter team and more generally as part of the Private Funds Group.