Baker McKenzie LLP

Transactional - Private Equity

Local Principal

Jens is a local principal in the Singapore funds practice of Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow. He specialises in private investment funds and advises fund sponsors on the structuring, formation and operation of a broad range of closed-end funds and private investment vehicles.

Jens's practice focuses on private investment funds and he has over five years of experience in advising fund managers on the establishment of closed-end funds and private investment vehicles, covering a broad range of asset classes (venture capital, private equity, real estate and others) and structures (clubs, blind pool funds, joint ventures, separate accounts and other arrangements). He regularly works on multijurisdictional tax issues (such as US ECI and CAI) and regulatory issues (such as global fund marketing and the AIFMD regime).

Jens also represents government, institutional and corporate investors on their fund investments and co-investments, and counsel sponsors on various matters relating to their businesses, including the establishment of fund managers, structuring of joint ventures, sponsor operating and shareholder agreements, and carried interest planning. He also advises startups and venture capital investors, and has given multiple workshops and talks on venture capital programs and investments.

English, German