Funds & Investment Management
Investment Management
Our global team of experienced Funds & Investment Management lawyers and professionals provide specialist legal advice on the laws of the BVI, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, Jersey and Luxembourg to investment managers establishing and operating investment management entities while ensuring they meet appropriate ongoing regulatory requirements.
Investment Management
The Maples Group provides specialist legal advice to investment managers in establishing and operating investment management entities and ensuring they meet appropriate ongoing regulatory requirements.
Our team specialises in:
- The full range of UCITS and AIFs in all legal forms, whether mutual funds, hedge funds, real estate funds, private equity funds, ETFs, loan funds or managed account platform structuring
- The structuring and formation of these vehicles as single funds, master-feeders, parallel funds and large-scale umbrellas or platforms
- Establishing related subsidiary or SPV vehicles
- Advising on the ongoing operation of such vehicles, including differing liquidity models, leverage, performance fees, carried interest and all permitted regulatory features
- Establishing and advising UCITS management companies, AIFMs and MiFID firms
- Obtaining the relevant permissions to create vehicles with multiple licences (known as "super management companies") and varying permissions for existing vehicles
- Advising on ancillary legislation in the areas of MiFID, EMIR, SFTR, PRIIPs and all other major laws or regulations in the investment management sector
- Establishing Cayman Islands based investment management vehicles on a stand-alone basis or on a hosted platform.
Related Contacts
KNOWLEDGE
- The Role of Jurisdiction in Hedge Funds 04 March 2021
- MiFID Firms – What is the Central Bank of Ireland's Focus for 2021? 25 February 2021
- Chambers Global Practice Guide to Investment Funds 2021: Cayman Islands 25 February 2021
- Commencement of the Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Act 2020 15 February 2021
- Data Protection Beyond Brexit: Implications for Investment Funds 09 February 2021
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Advises East Point Asset Management on the Launch of its First Fund 04 March 2021
- Maples Advises CLSA Capital Partners on New Investment Fund Launches 03 March 2021
- Maples Group Ranked as Top Funds Legal Adviser for 8th Year in a Row 02 March 2021
- Chambers Global Recognises 60 Maples Lawyers in 2021 Guide 24 February 2021
- Maples Group Expands Jersey Funds Practice with New Partner 03 February 2021