International Private Fund Formation Brochure - SJ Berwin

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At the core of the market SJ Berwin has always been at the core of private equity. Our clients get the very highest standard of service, benefitting from our vast experience gained from advising hundreds of funds throughout Europe and the world. The firm has grown up with the private equity and venture capital industry. From the start, we recognised that this sector would need energetic, committed lawyers able to stay one step ahead and anticipate market developments. Today, our leadership in the sector is widely acknowledged. We are recognised as the market leaders throughout the industry year on year and have won several major awards including Law Firm of the Year for Fund Structuring at the 2011 Unquote British Private Equity Awards, Fund Formation Team of the Year 2010 at the Private Equity News Awards for the fourth year running and European Law Firm of the Year (Fund Formation) 2010 for the tenth consecutive year by Private Equity International. We enjoy close links with national industry bodies and the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA). We are represented on the EVCA Tax and Legal Committee and one of our partners was nominated to chair this Committee. We were the first law firm to be represented on the Council of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA), one of our partners now chairs the BVCA Legal and Technical Committee and we are represented on the BVCA Taxation and Member Services Committees. We are also represented on the Legal Committee, the Tax Committee, the Venture Committee and the Ethics Committee of the French private equity association (AFIC). We also participate in the Legal and Tax Committee of the association of private equity and venture capital companies in Germany (BVK); and we have a continuing relationship with ASCRI, the Spanish Venture Capital Association. We are also represented on the Legal and Regulatory Council of EMPEA. Our close links with the global private funds industry put us in a very strong position to anticipate trends in the market, and to alert clients to potentially significant commercial and legal issues which may influence their business. 3
An integrated international team Our international private funds group comprises highly skilled lawyers from across Europe, the Middle East and East Asia. Experienced in working on private equity and corporate finance deals worldwide, they bring practical transactional experience to private fund structuring and related advice. Our specialist funds, tax and regulatory lawyers are able to advise on structures established under the laws of every country where we have an office, and we work closely with specialists in other countries where private funds are typically established including the Cayman Islands, the Channel Islands, Luxembourg, Singapore and Mauritius. We frequently receive instructions to act on fund structurings and other strategic projects with a strong US component, and have a long history of close collaboration with pre-eminent US funds lawyers. We are able to ensure that we work with the most appropriate firm for our clients’ specific funds needs which in most cases gives us the flexibility to work with the US market leader in the relevant asset class. 4
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