England - London • Investment fund formation and management
Stephenson Harwood
Stephenson Harwood‘s ’great knowledge of the sector’ facilitates its handling of an array of both UK and offshore-domiciled listed funds matters, advising on prospective IPOs, fund mergers and fundraisings. On the regulatory front, the firm is advising on the FCA’s new consumer duty regime in addition to assisting clients with environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) reporting requirements. Leading the team is William Saunders, whose practice encompasses IPOs, shareholder matters and fund mergers. Alex Haynes assists fund managers with the launch of new investment vehicles in addition to advising on restructuring, while Carolyn Hall advises investment banks on the IPOs of closed-ended funds in addition to supporting restructurings and secondary transactions Nick Horton acts for investment managers on the launch of funds and also provides regulatory advice. Managing associate Kate Longman is also recommended.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Great knowledge of the sector.'
- 'Always available.'
- 'The best closed-ended funds team in the London market.'
- 'Alex Haynes is a trusted, long-standing adviser.'
- 'Excellent team with relevant experience at all levels.'
- 'Partners are responsive, and the associates are of high quality.'
- 'Excellent sector knowledge combined with sensible, commercial advice.'
- 'Team is diverse with low turnover.'
Key clients
- Aberdeen UK Tracker Trust
- Acorn Income Fund Limited
- Akur Limited
- Allianz Global Investors GmbH
- Allianz Technology Trust PLC
- Alternative Asset Opportunities PCC Limited
- Alternative Credit Investments plc
- Alternative Liquidity Fund Limited
- Alvarium RE Limited
- Alvarium Securities Limited
- Aseana Properties Limited
- Ashoka India Equity Investment Trust plc
- Atlantis Japan Growth Fund Limited
- Augmentum Capital LLP
- Augmentum Fintech plc
- AVI Japan Opportunity Trust plc
- BB Healthcare Trust plc
- Big Society Capital Limited
- BDO LLP
- BlackRock Income & Growth Investment Trust plc
- BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc
- BlackRock Throgmorton Trust plc
- Camper & Nicholsons Marina Investments Limited
- Cantor Fitzgerald Europe
- CC Japan Income & Growth Trust plc
- Cenkos Securities plc
- City of London Investment Trust plc
- Corevestis Portfolio Management GmbH
- Coupland Cardiff Asset Management
- Development Partners International LLP
- Dr. Peters Holding GmbH
- Dragon Capital Limited
- Draper Esprit VCT plc
- Eighteen East Capital Limited
- European Opportunities Trust plc
- European Real Estate Investment Trust Limited
- Fair Oaks Income Limited
- finnCap Limited
- GCP Infrastructure Investments Limited
- GCP Asset Backed Income Fund Limited
- Geiger Counter Limited
- Gore Street Capital Limited
- Gore Street Energy Storage Fund plc
- Gravis Advisory Limited
- Gravis Capital Management Limited
- Grit Real Estate Income Group Limited
- Gulf Investment Fund plc
- Henderson Global Trust plc
- Henderson International Income Trust Fund
- Henderson Value Trust
- Hipgnosis Song Management Limited
- Home REIT plc
- Impax Asset Management Group plc
- Invesco Fund Managers Limited
- Investec Bank plc
- Jefferies International Limited
- J.P. Morgan Cazenove
- Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Trust plc
- Jupiter UK Growth Investment Trust PLC
- Jupiter Green Investment Trust plc
- Liberum Capital Limited
- Lowland Investment Company plc
- LXI REIT plc
- LXi REIT Advisors Limited
- Kudu Investment Management, LLC
- Manchester & London Investment Trust plc
- MIGO Opportunities Trust PLC
- Mobius Capital Partners LLP
- Mobius Investment Trust plc
- Numis Securities
- Oakley Capital Investments Limited
- Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited
- Peel Hunt LLP
- PMM Partners
- Premier Miton Global Renewables Trust plc
- Premier Miton Investors
- Qatar Investment Fund plc
- Sancus Lending Group Limited
- Scape Living plc
- Scape Student Living Limited
- Schroder British Opportunities Trust plc
- Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust plc
- Schroder Investment Management Limited
- Schroder Real Estate Investment Management Limited
- Schroder UK Public Private Trust plc
- Secured Income Fund plc
- Seraphim Space Investment Trust plc
- Seraphim Space (Manager) LLP
- Shore Capital and Corporate Limited
- Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited
- Singer Capital Markets Securities
- Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited
- Stockdale Securities Limited
- Strand Hanson Limited
- Strategic Equity Capital plc
- Sturgeon Capital Limited
- SuperSeed Capital Limited
- SuperSeed Ventures LLP
- The Bauhaus Investment Trust plc
- The Bankers Investment Trust PLC
- The Brunner Investment Trust PLC
- The Diverse Income Trust plc
- The Merchants Trust PLC
- Victory Park Capital Advisors
- Vietnam Enterprise Investments Limited
- Vietnam Holding Limited
- Whiteoak Capital Group
- Winterflood Securities Limited
Work highlights
- Acted for LXi REIT plc on its recommended £3.9bn merger with Secure Income REIT plc.
- Acted on an oversubscribed institutional placing and retail offer for Gore Street Energy Storage Fund plc, London's first listed energy storage fund, raising £150m.
- Advised Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income Trust PLC on various proposals that culminated in a members' voluntary liquidation.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
William Saunders