International Private Fund Formation Brochure - SJ Berwin

Private equity disputes
SJ Berwin responded to the downturn by building an integrated crossdepartmental
and cross-jurisdictional Private Equity and Partnership Dispute
Resolution Operation/Management team assisting our clients on contentious
matters arising from the formation of a fund. Our service includes focusing on
the resolution of disputes at partner, investor and investee company level. It also
enables value to be added to clients when facing complex restructuring issues
and protects the interests of our clients before things go wrong. The group is
pre-eminent in this area and this has been recognised by the independent bar
specialising in partnership matters and by private equity houses.
This innovation built on SJ Berwin’s unrivalled experience in dealing with
contentious issues in the private equity arena. We litigated the first general
partner removal case, and undertake all related work in advising both for and
against general partners including investor defaults, investment strategy drift
and negligence.
We have advised on a large number of internal partnership and joint venture
disputes. Work has included complex Limited Liability Partnership structure
issues, high-value jurisdictional actions arising from termination of joint venture
arrangements for some of the leading private equity and hedge funds, advice
on corporate governance, internal investigations, regulatory aspects and
complex general partner asset ring-fencing and insolvency related issues.
“ I have worked with the SJ Berwin private equity and partnership team which
leads the profession in expertise on private equity fund disputes, and I know
how they provide a first-class service.”
Leading partnership barrister
“ It was not until we took advice from SJ Berwin’s Private Equity Litigation
team that we got the in-depth, specialist and strategic advice we needed.”
Private equity house principal
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