Combining ‘nimble and innovative thinking with big international firm resourcing’, K&L Gates ’excels at providing out-of-the-box solutions’ to private equity and hedge fund managers seeking to make cross-border investments throughout APAC. US and Hong Kong-qualified team head Scott Peterman is a popular choice among private fund sponsors and investors as a result of his ‘incredibly well-rounded knowledge base and skill set’, enabling him to provide ’innovative and bespoke solutions’ on formation, compliance and associated transactional/financing work.
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‘K&L Gates combines nimble and innovative thinking with big international firm resourcing.'
'The funds practice excels at providing out-of-the-box solutions but can call upon the expertise, experience and resources of a global practice at a moment's notice.’
‘Scott Peterman stands out as the elder statesman of funds lawyers in Asia. His legal experience, coupled with his in-depth understanding of financial products allows him to deploy a unique approach to problem-solving, providing innovative and bespoke solutions across hedge funds, PE funds, and related financing and M&A transactions.'
'Scott Peterman is one of the few lawyers in the space that has the ability to be a truly trusted adviser because of his incredibly well-rounded knowledge base and skill set.’
Key clients
- Aqua Lake
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
- Brawn Capital
- China Silver Asset Management
- Federated Hermes, Inc.
- Inception Asia
- Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Group
- Oakseed Ventures
- RiverCircle OFC
- Synergy Fund Management Group
- The Hong Kong Jockey Club
- Technistock
- VCA Capital
Work highlights
- Advises The Hong Kong Jockey Club and Its Charities Trust (an institutional investor) on an on-going basis on its investments into a variety of private fund.
- Providing regulatory support to Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Group in connection with new initiatives to be undertaken by them. We also review all private funds placed on their Hong Kong and Singapore high-net-worth platforms.
- Advised Brawn Capital in the launch of a private equity energy fund investing in green assets in Japan.
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Scott Peterman