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Manager Creation, Merger and Spin-Outs

The Firm has considerable market knowledge and experience in advising on the legal structures and terms of new managers and first-time funds. We are able to take new and experienced managers through the process of raising a fund, from obtaining authorisation from the FSA, creating appropriate management group structure, to establishing and marketing the fund.

We advise fund managers, boutique banks and corporate finance advisers on forming their businesses, many of which are structured as limited liability partnerships (LLPs).

The Firm advises managers on mergers with other managers, as well as reorganisations, sales and IPOs of asset management groups.

We also evaluate, structure and negotiate manager-level transactions, such as seed capital investments and the use of platforms and incubators for fund managers.

We advise on the creation of asset managers through joint ventures and spin-outs of existing asset management teams. The MJ Hudson team has advised on numerous spin-outs from financial institutions and are very familiar with their terms.

We advise on and negotiate agreements with service providers to fund managers, including placement agents, prime brokers, administrators and financing counterparties (whether at the sponsor, fund or portfolio company level).