Led by the vastly experienced Luke Gannon, DLA Piper has established a robust reputation across APAC for providing advice to fund managers on a diverse range of strategies and asset classes including real estate, private equity, and hedge funds. Although the market has been challenging in many of those asset classes with less US investor money flowing in to these funds (in part due to geo-political tensions), the firm has been very successful targeting sponsors that are raising capital from more regional sources. The team also has a strong investor offering which has grown in stature in recent years, picking up its own work as well as effectively leveraging the ties with many large institutional investors developed by the firm’s market-leading investor practice in Austin, Texas.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'The DLA Piper investment funds team is one of the longest standing teams in Asia with great longevity. This team has been together serving a number of our mutual clients with expertise and knowledge of the investment funds industry.'
- 'Luke Gannon is a veteran of the industry, with over 30 years of experience working with global fund sponsors and investors alike whilst also investing into working with start-up managers launching their own investment funds. He couples strong technical abilities with critical commerciality, which only comes with dedication and experience in the market.'
Key clients
- Protium Capital
- ForwardEdge Investment Limited
Work highlights
- Advising Protium Capital on the multimillion-dollar China-focused hedge fund launch.
- Advising ForwardEdge Investment Limited on the establishment of a Cayman master-feeder fund and its ongoing compliance matters.