Wish you had in-house counsel?

There are many large and small tasks to take care of, whether starting a new fund or operating an existing one, that we are happy to help you get done.

Many of these services are “general counsel” type work that can be performed at reasonable cost by outside counsel not burdened by high overhead.

We are thinking of tasks such as the following:

A.        Fund General Matters

1. Consideration of whether the fund manager qualifies for one of the exemptions from investment adviser registration available to managers of private funds.
2. Assistance with reporting by Exempt Registered Advisers.
3. Amendments to Fund Limited Partnership Agreement (or LLC Agreement)
4. Transfers of limited partnership (or LLC) interests
5. Co-investment documentation
6. General Partner (or Member/Manager) resolutions
7. Liaison with offshore fund counsel
8. Fund liquidation and dissolution
9. Mediation of disputes

B.        Fund Investment Matters

1. Review of Confidentiality Agreements
2. Preparation of Letters of Intent/Commitment Letters
3. Legal due diligence
4. Sale/refinancing of portfolio company
5. Investment in portfolio company

C.        Portfolio Company Maintenance

1. Maintenance of corporate records (corporate minutes, stock ledger, issuance of stock certificates, etc.)
2. Employment/Separation Agreements

We would be happy to discuss how we could help you out.