Expert Guides - Investment Funds

What a fund manager should know about entering the litigation finance industry

Stephanie R Breslow is a partner and co-head of the Investment Management Group. Boris Ziser is a partner and co-head of the Structured Finance & Derivatives Group. Yasmin Naghash is an associate at the firm.

20/03/2019 Stephanie R Breslow, Schulte Roth & Zabel, US Boris Ziser, Schulte Roth & Zabel, US Yasmin Naghash, Schulte Roth & Zabel, US

Establishing regulated direct lending investment funds in Ireland

Ireland was the first European Union (“EU”) member state to introduce a specific regulatory framework for loan originating investment funds. Following the conclusion of a public consultation process, in 2014 the Central Bank of Ireland (“Central Bank”) published its requirements for loan originating...

01/10/2018 Michelle Ridge, Matheson, Ireland

Crowdfunding – how should new business models be regulated?

Further UK regulatory initiatives should be expected in the crowdfunding sector soon. After completing its analysis of the risks as crowdfunding models develop, the FCA is likely to introduce various new rules – all in the interests of investor protection

19/09/2017 Kirstene Baillie, Fieldfisher, United Kingdom

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Investment Funds

What a fund manager should know about entering the litigation finance industry

Establishing regulated direct lending investment funds in Ireland

Crowdfunding – how should new business models be regulated?

Snapshot of the Singapore asset management scene

Singapore Variable Capital Company: Singapore’s new fund vehicle

Singapore: Noteworthy Developments in the Asset Management Industry

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Expert	Firm	Country
Abegglen, Sandro	Niederer Kraft Frey	Switzerland
Adelfio, Marco E	Goodwin	US
Ainsworth, Noel	Morgan Lewis & Bockius	United Kingdom
Akhtar, Pervez	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	United Arab Emirates
Alanko, Mika	Roschier	Finland
Alhanko, Peter	Mannheimer Swartling	Sweden
Ali, Jawad I	King & Spalding	United Arab Emirates
Al-Turki, Marwan	Debevoise & Plimpton	United Kingdom
Amiguet, Antoine	ABELS Avocats	Switzerland
Anderberg, Karen L	Dechert	United Kingdom
Ansbacher, Richard I	Fried Frank	US
Armstrong, Andrew R	McCarthy Tétrault	Canada
Augusto Tizziani Cepeda, Fábio	Cepeda Greco & Bandeira de Mello	Brazil
Ayer, John B	Ropes & Gray	US
Aziz, Andrew W	Osler Hoskin & Harcourt	Canada
Baillie, Kirstene	Fieldfisher	United Kingdom
Baird, Jonathan	Hogan Lovells	United Kingdom
Baris, Jay G	Shearman & Sterling	US
Barshay, Lawrence N	Fried Frank	US
Bates, Andrew	Dillon Eustace	Ireland
Battigaglia, Romeo	Simmons & Simmons	Italy
Baum, Roland	Baum Financial Services Law Team	Germany
Bell, Abigail	Dechert	United Kingdom
Bell, Austin	Johnson Winter & Slattery	Australia
Bell, Thomas H	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	US
Bengtsson, Jens	Roschier	Sweden
Benson, Nick	Latham & Watkins	United Kingdom
Bentley, Nikki	EY	Australia
Bergstrom, James	Ogier	Cayman Islands
Berthou, Erica	Kirkland & Ellis	US
Beythan, Hermann	Linklaters	Luxembourg
Bianchi, François M	Niederer Kraft Frey	Switzerland
Binder, Michael	Binder Grösswang	Austria
Black, Gus	Dechert	United Kingdom
Black, John	Osler Hoskin & Harcourt	Canada
Boehm, Steven B	Eversheds Sutherland	US
Bogle, Thomas C	Dechert	US
Bonvin, Philippe	BRH Partners	Switzerland
Bourgeois, Julien	Dechert	US
Bowen, Gayle	Pinsent Masons	Ireland
Bowen, Lorna	Debevoise & Plimpton	US
Boynton, Jim	King & Wood Mallesons	Australia
Brausch, Freddy	Linklaters	Luxembourg
Breathnach, Fionán	Simmons & Simmons	Ireland
Bregstein, Henry	Katten Muchin Rosenman	US
Brennand, David A	Katten Muchin Rosenman	United Kingdom
Breslow, Stephanie R	Schulte Roth & Zabel	US
Brunelli, Fabio	Di Tanno e Associati	Italy
Bruno, Frank P	Sidley Austin	US
Burke, Siobhan M	Paul Hastings	US
Butowsky, Michael R	Jones Day	US
Canta, Jorge	Cuatrecasas	Spain
Carey, Nigel	Carey Olsen	Guernsey
Carty, Stephen	Maples Group	Ireland
Chanda, Rajib	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	US
Chegwidden, Bryan	Ropes & Gray	US
Chen, Lorna Xin	Shearman & Sterling	Hong Kong
Cho, Albert S	Gibson Dunn & Crutcher	Hong Kong
Christopher, Paul	Mourant	Hong Kong
Clark, Nigel	Weil Gotshal & Manges	United Kingdom
Clark, Timothy	Goodwin	US
Clayton, Jane	Norton Rose Fulbright	United Arab Emirates
Clemetson, Caroline	Schellenberg Wittmer	Switzerland
Cochrane, Scott	Herbert Smith Freehills	United Kingdom
Coelho, Pedro Simões	VdA Vieira de Almeida	Portugal
Collins, Dean	Dechert	Singapore
Collins, Jeffrey D	Foley Hoag	US
Copenhefer, Lea Anne	Morgan Lewis & Bockius	US
Courtois, Luc	Bonn Steichen & Partners	Luxembourg
Cousiño, Felipe	Alessandri & Compañía	Chile
Covit, Barrie B	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	US
Cowdery, Rebecca A	Borden Ladner Gervais	Canada
Cramer-de Jong, Ellen	Allen & Overy	Netherlands
Cruz, Heather	Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom	US
Culhane, Stephen	Arnold & Porter	US
Cullen, Iain	Simmons & Simmons	United Kingdom
Cunniff, Sarah	Arthur Cox	Ireland
Dado, John	Cooley	US
Daghlian, John	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	United Kingdom
Dauchy, Craig E	Cooley	US
David, Arnaud	Goodwin	France
Davidoff, Sarah	Ropes & Gray	US
De Laat, Felicia	Mourant	Jersey
de Lance-Holmes, Jonathan	Linklaters	United Kingdom
de Lignie, Marco	Loyens & Loeff	Netherlands
de Vries, Heidi	Maples Group	United Kingdom
DeFalco, Marie T	Lowenstein Sandler	US
Delwaide, Henri	Delwaide Avocats Advocaten	Belgium
Denisenko, Jason	Allen & Overy	Australia
der Kinderen, Shawn	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	Netherlands
Devenport, Edward	Mourant	Jersey
Diggins, Timothy W	Ropes & Gray	US
Dillon, David	Dillon Eustace	Ireland
Dolling, Justin	Kirkland & Ellis	Hong Kong
Downey, Kate	Fried Frank	United Kingdom
Doyle, Tara	Matheson	Ireland
du Pasquier, Shelby R	Lenz & Staehelin	Switzerland
Duguay, Nathalie	Willkie Farr & Gallagher	France
Dunn, Jennifer M	Schulte Roth & Zabel	US
Dusemon, Gilles	Arendt & Medernach	Luxembourg
Efron, David J	Schulte Roth & Zabel	US
Eisenhuth, Michèle	Arendt & Medernach	Luxembourg
Elvinger, Jacques	Elvinger Hoss & Prussen	Luxembourg
Emde, Ernst Thomas	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	Germany
Enns, Fred	Borden Ladner Gervais	Canada
Epstein, Ruth S	Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young	US
Fadely, John	Gibson Dunn & Crutcher	Hong Kong
Farr, Nigel	Herbert Smith Freehills	United Kingdom
Farrell, Gavin J	Ferbrache & Farrell	Guernsey
Feyl, Peter	Schönherr	Austria
Firth, Simon	Arnold & Porter	United Kingdom
FitzPatrick, Laurel	Ropes & Gray	US
Fowler, Jon	Maples Group	Cayman Islands
Fraser, Leigh R	Ropes & Gray	US
Friedrich, Laura	Shearman & Sterling	US
Fries, Elizabeth Shea	Sidley Austin	US
Gabbert, Dale	Simmons & Simmons	United Kingdom
Gallaher, Rory	Deacons	Hong Kong
Gander, Ed	Weil Gotshal & Manges	United Kingdom
Gattuso, Maria R	Deloitte	US
Geffner, Ron S	Sadis & Goldberg	US
Gerstenzang, Michael A	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton	US
Glass, Jeff	Blake Cassels & Graydon	Canada
Glaus, Hannes	Bratschi	Switzerland
Glazer, Michael	Morgan Lewis & Bockius	US
Gloger, Christian	Kleinberg Kaplan Wolff & Cohen	US
Glover, Jason	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	United Kingdom
Godfrey, Anne-Marie	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	Hong Kong
Goebel, Patrick	Dechert	Luxembourg
Goldman, Richard A	Morgan Lewis & Bockius	US
Goldstein, David A	DLA Piper	US
Goshko, Mark P	K&L Gates	US
Govier, Paul	Maples Group	United Kingdom
Grace, Elizabeth	Matheson	Ireland
Grikscheit, Alyssa A	Sidley Austin	US
Groffen, Kees	De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek	Netherlands
Grossman, Shukie	Gibson Dunn & Crutcher	US
Gunning, Ashley	Walkers	Cayman Islands
Gutman, Olga	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	US
Haber, Miriam	Raveh Haber & Co Advocates	Israel
Haithwaite, Emily	Ogier	Jersey
Halford, Michael	Goodwin	United Kingdom
Hall, John E	Borden Ladner Gervais	Canada
Hammerich, Peter	BAHR	Norway
Harman, Thomas S	Morgan Lewis & Bockius	US
Harris, Philip H	Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom	US
Hartline, Sharon E	White & Case	Hong Kong
Harvey, Christopher P	Dechert	US
Hatfield, Nigel	Clifford Chance	United Kingdom
Hayden, Rolfe	Simmons & Simmons	China
Heather, Nick	Gowling WLG	United Kingdom
Helm, Robert W	Dechert	US
Hersant, Andrew	Stuarts Walker Hersant Humphries	Cayman Islands
Hilditch, Christopher	Schulte Roth & Zabel	United Kingdom
Hirsch, Douglas R	Sadis & Goldberg	US
Holman, Nicholas	Hogan Lovells	United Kingdom
Hong, Michael S	Davis Polk & Wardwell	US
Howard, Amanda	CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang	United Kingdom
Howard, Simon	Howard Law	Jersey
Huang, Petrus	Drew & Napier	Singapore
Huggett, Matt	Allen & Overy	United Kingdom
Hui, Taylor	Deacons	Hong Kong
Hunter, Bryan	Appleby	Cayman Islands
Hussain, Munib	Milbank	United Kingdom
Igarashi, Makoto	Nishimura & Asahi	Japan
Ireland, Philip	Maples Group	United Arab Emirates
Ito, Kei	Nishimura & Asahi	Japan
Jackson, Michael	Matheson	Ireland
Jawed, Tahir	Maples Group	United Arab Emirates
Johnson, Stuart	MinterEllison	Australia
Jordan, Nora M	Davis Polk & Wardwell	US
Joseph, Roger P	Morgan Lewis & Bockius	US
Kallos, Chris P	Kirkland & Ellis	US
Kanach, Jesse P	Perkins Coie	US
Kaur, Harjit	Maples Group	United Kingdom
Kay, Sam	Travers Smith	United Kingdom
Kelliher, Brian	Dillon Eustace	Ireland
Kennedy, Paula	Burness Paull	United Kingdom
Kenyon, Geoffrey R T	Dechert	US
Kerr, William D	Sidley Austin	US
Khaleq, Ayman A	Morgan Lewis & Bockius	United Arab Emirates
Khan, Muneer	Simmons & Simmons	United Arab Emirates
Khuri, Walid	Fried Frank	US
Kittredge, Geoffrey	Debevoise & Plimpton	United Kingdom
Kleiman, Laurin Blumenthal	Sidley Austin	US
Knowles, Greg	Maples Group	Hong Kong
Krause, Martin	Norton Rose Fulbright	Germany
Kreisler, David P	Sidley Austin	US
Kremer, Claude	Arendt & Medernach	Luxembourg
Kruk, John	Fasken	Canada
Kuusisto, Mary B	Proskauer Rose	United Kingdom
Lake Coghlan, Samantha	Goodwin	United Kingdom
Lam, Jeremy	Deacons	Hong Kong
Landa, Leor	Davis Polk & Wardwell	US
Lasry, James	Hassans	Gibraltar
Law, Josephine	Sidley Austin	Singapore
Lebbe, Isabelle	Arendt & Medernach	Luxembourg
Lebrecht, André E	CMS von Erlach Poncet	Switzerland
Lee, Judy	Appleby	Hong Kong
Lenas, Elizabeth	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton	US
Leto, Bruce G	Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young	US
Lewis, Susan D	Sidley Austin	US
Lifrange, Frédérique	Elvinger Hoss & Prussen	Luxembourg
Lindsay, Rolf	Walkers	Cayman Islands
Litwak, Martin	Litwak & Partners	Uruguay
Loder, John M	Ropes & Gray	US
Lomax, Neal	Mourant	Cayman Islands
Long, Jek-Aun	Simmons & Simmons JWS	Singapore
Low, Kah Keong	WongPartnership	Singapore
Luiki, Paul	Fellner Wratzfeld & Partners	Austria
Lund, Alexander S	CLP	Norway
Lussier, Debra K	Ropes & Gray	US
Marphatia, Raj	Ropes & Gray	US
Marshall, David	Maples Group	Cayman Islands
Masotti, Marco V	Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison	US
Mavrides, Michael F	Proskauer Rose	US
May, Richard	Maples Group	British Virgin Islands
McBeth, Alasdair	DLA Piper	New Zealand
McDavid, Burke A	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	US
McDermott, Brian	A&L Goodbody	Ireland
McGrade, Lynn M	Borden Ladner Gervais	Canada
McMurdo, Iain	Maples Group	Cayman Islands
Meer, Cary J	K&L Gates	US
Mellon, Patrick M	Sidley Austin	US
Mifsud, Mark	Fried Frank	United Kingdom
Minion, Robert G	Lowenstein Sandler	US
Mir, Zubair	Herbert Smith Freehills	United Arab Emirates
Miura, Ken	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Japan
Molesworth, Rita M	Willkie Farr & Gallagher	US
Morgan, Ben	Carey Olsen	Guernsey
Morgan, Tim	Mourant	Jersey
Morishita, Kunihiko	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Japan
Morrissey, Dan	William Fry	Ireland
Moutsopoulos, John	KPMG	Australia
Munro, Ross	Harneys	British Virgin Islands
Murphy, Kevin	Arthur Cox	Ireland
Nadel, Steven B	Seward & Kissel	US
Naegeli, Stefan D	Naegeli & Partners	Switzerland
Nakano, Harume	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Japan
Neale, Margery K	Willkie Farr & Gallagher	US
Nelson, Edward D	Gibson Dunn & Crutcher	US
Ng, Ann	Maples Group	Hong Kong
Nicholls III, Malcolm B	Gunderson Dettmer	US
Nicholson, Neil	Dentons	United Kingdom
Niedner, Claude	Arendt & Medernach	Luxembourg
Niggli, Gerhard	Niggli Rechtsanwälte	Switzerland
Nissenbaum, David	Schulte Roth & Zabel	US
Nortcliff, Matthew	CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang	Singapore
Nussbaum, Amanda H	Proskauer Rose	US
O´Connor, Donnacha	Dillon Eustace	Ireland
Oberholzer, Dominik	Kellerhals Carrard	Switzerland
O'Neil, John R	Kirkland & Ellis	US
O'Reilly, Tara	Arthur Cox	Ireland
Ostrognai, Andrew M	Debevoise & Plimpton	Hong Kong
Oussedik, James	Sidley Austin	United Kingdom
Painter, Robin A	Proskauer Rose	US
Paul, Martin	Bedell Cristin	Jersey
Paul, Nikolaus	Wolf Theiss	Austria
Perry, Richard	Simmons & Simmons	United Kingdom
Persaud, Amanda N	Ropes & Gray	US
Peterman, Scott D	Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe	Hong Kong
Pfister, François	Ogier	Luxembourg
Pierce, Ingrid	Walkers	Cayman Islands
Plowman, Nicholas	Ogier	Hong Kong
Prescott, Hilary	Covington & Burling	United Kingdom
Prins, Richard T	Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom	US
Puel, Stéphane	Gide Loyrette Nouel	France
Pütz, Achim	Luther	Germany
Quintana, Beth M	Sidley Austin	US
Raffkind, Eliot D	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	US
Rath, Ursula	Schönherr	Austria
Raveh, Gil	Raveh Haber & Co Advocates	Israel
Rayroux, François	Lenz & Staehelin	Switzerland
Renton, Darin R	Stikeman Elliott	Canada
Ridge, Michelle	Matheson	Ireland
Robins, Ben	Mourant	Jersey
Robinson, Stephen	Macfarlanes	United Kingdom
Rochman, Oliver	Morrison & Foerster	United Kingdom
Rodin, Andreas	P+P Pöllath + Partners	Germany
Rodríguez, Isabel	King & Wood Mallesons	Spain
Rohr, Christoph	Naegeli & Partners	Switzerland
Rosenblum, Peter M	Foley Hoag	US
Roth, Paul N	Schulte Roth & Zabel	US
Rowe, Larry Jordan	Ropes & Gray	US
Ruiz Bachs, Salvador	Allen & Overy	Spain
Sacks, Phillip Charles	Dechert	United Arab Emirates
Sakata, Eriko	Linklaters	Japan
Samman, Fadi G	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	US
Sarno, Glenn R	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	US
Saunders, William	Stephenson Harwood	United Kingdom
Saviola, Gerard	Clifford Chance	United Kingdom
Sawyier, David	Sidley Austin	US
Scanlan, Kevin P	Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel	US
Schneider, Kai-Niklas	Clifford Chance	Singapore
Schneider, Lisa M	Fried Frank	US
Schneider, Marina Anselmo	Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga	Brazil
Schwartz, David J	Debevoise & Plimpton	US
Schwartz, Phyllis A	Schulte Roth & Zabel	US
Schwass, Ronald R	Wildeboer Dellelce	Canada
Sciales, Olivier	Chevalier & Sciales	Luxembourg
Searle, Robert C	Campbells	Australia
Seimetz, Marc	Dechert	Luxembourg
Selden, David W	Fried Frank	US
Shah, Imtiaz	Hogan Lovells	United Arab Emirates
Shah, Siddharth	Khaitan & Co	India
Sheehan, Gregory D	Ropes & Gray	US
Shindo, Isao	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	Japan
Shipman, Mark	Clifford Chance	Hong Kong
Silberstein, Rebecca F	Debevoise & Plimpton	US
Simmonds, Neil	Simmons & Simmons	United Kingdom
Simmons, Lisa	Ashurst	Australia
Singer, Louis H	Morgan Lewis & Bockius	United Kingdom
Sioufi, Chris P	Dechert	United Arab Emirates
Six, Jean-Christian	Allen & Overy	Luxembourg
Smedley, Fiona	Herbert Smith Freehills	Australia
Smith, Joseph A	Schulte Roth & Zabel	US
Smith, Nick	Allen & Overy	United Kingdom
Soler, Jonathon G	Weil Gotshal & Manges	US
Somay, Sera	Paksoy	Turkey
Sopher, Edward	Gibson Dunn & Crutcher	US
Spangler, Timothy A	Dechert	US
Spencer, Antony	Lynton Spencer	British Virgin Islands
Spoor, Bernard	De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek	Netherlands
Stahler, Oliver	Lenz & Staehelin	Switzerland
Stapleton, Peter	Maples Group	Ireland
Steck, Andreas	Linklaters	Germany
Steiner, Christoph	Naegeli & Partners	Switzerland
Stone, Steven W	Morgan Lewis & Bockius	US
Sturman, William L	Covington & Burling	US
Sullivan, John	King & Wood Mallesons	Singapore
Sutour, Jérôme	CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats	France
Svendsby, Vibeke	BAHR	Norway
Takeno, Yasuzo	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	Japan
Tan, Arnold	Rajah & Tann	Singapore
Tan, Benedict	Simmons & Simmons JWS	Singapore
Tan, Danny	Allen & Gledhill	Singapore
Tan, Woon Hum	Shook Lin & Bok	Singapore
Tegeler, David W	Proskauer Rose	US
Thompson, Pamela	Eversheds Sutherland	United Kingdom
Trøbråten, Kjersti T	Wiersholm	Norway
Tuckley, Jane	Travers Smith	United Kingdom
Tun, Thiha	Dechert	United Kingdom
Valentine, Cindy	Simmons & Simmons	United Kingdom
van Angeren, Oscar	Houthoff	United Kingdom
van Dam, Mark	Loyens & Loeff	Netherlands
van IJlzinga Veenstra, Ate	Jones Day	Netherlands
van Zyl, Nigel	Proskauer Rose	United Kingdom
Vasilopoulos, Effie	Sidley Austin	Hong Kong
Vaughan, David A	Dechert	US
Veith, Amos	P+P Pöllath + Partners	Germany
Vine, Stephen M	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	US
Viola, Daniel G	Sadis & Goldberg	US
Volhard, Patricia	Debevoise & Plimpton	Germany
Wainwright, Jennifer A	Aird & Berlis	Canada
Walker, Michaela	Eversheds Sutherland	United Kingdom
Wallach, Edgar	Hengeler Mueller	Germany
Walsh, Kieran	Maples Group	Cayman Islands
Wang, James Young	Jingtian & Gongcheng	China
Warburton, Piers	Ashurst	United Kingdom
Watson, David W	Goodwin	US
Watterson, Mark	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	United Kingdom
Weaver, Andrew	Appleby	Jersey
Webster, Anthony	Maples Group	Hong Kong
Wells, Christopher M	Proskauer Rose	US
Wells, Christopher P	Morgan Lewis & Bockius	Japan
West, Tim	Herbert Smith Freehills	United Kingdom
White, Mark	McCann FitzGerald	Ireland
White, Ying	Clifford Chance	China
Wider, Jedd H	Morgan Lewis & Bockius	US
Widger, Carol	Dechert	Ireland
Wifa, Solomon	Willkie Farr & Gallagher	United Kingdom
Wigny, Jérôme	Elvinger Hoss & Prussen	Luxembourg
Williams, David	LK Shields	Ireland
Williams, Tim	Chapman Tripp	New Zealand
Williamson, Mark	Piper Alderman	Australia
Wolf, Barry M	Weil Gotshal & Manges	US
Wolf, John P	Campbells	Cayman Islands
Wolitzer, Michael W	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	US
Wong, Denise	Walkers	Hong Kong
Wright, Andrew L	Kirkland & Ellis	US
Wylie, Andrew	DLA Piper	United Kingdom
Zimmermann Jr, Victor L	Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle	US
Zitiello, Luca	Zitiello e Associati	Italy
Zutz, Robert J	K&L Gates	US
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