England - London • Investment fund formation and management
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP houses a 'responsive, thorough and approachable' funds team, which handles the full spectrum of issues clients, including state backed investors, banks and energy and tech funds. Thomas Laurer and Ryan Hansen, who are experienced in domestic and offshore fund formation and regulatory compliance, jointly lead the team. Practice co-head Daniel Lewin is a tax law expert who primarily advises on the tax aspects of funds.
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Testimonials
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‘The team is first-rate, with an astonishing breadth of top-flight work.’
‘Daniel Lewin is a brilliant tax lawyer.’
‘Responsive, thorough and approachable.'
- 'When you're a not a lawyer, you want a team that fills in the blanks; and there are many when you're a first-time manager. I feel comfortable with this team that there won't be any surprises, that they know what I don't know, and I feel as though they always have my best interests at heart.’
‘Thomas Laurer and Angus Thompson are my point people as I build out the fund. I love how they approach this relationship as a long-term investment and not a transactional exercise. It is refreshing. I have a lot of trust in both of them.’
‘The core team has excellent fund formation and management experience. They're familiar with many different formation structures, investment strategies and jurisdictions. I've also found them to be more personally invested in the process with rapid response times.’
‘The individuals are very intelligent, receptive to feedback, and do not treat you as another horse in the stable. It's a bespoke and highly personal service.’
‘They are highly pragmatic and listen to their clients needs and offer clear and simple solutions’
Key clients
- Energy Finance Partners
- Burgan Bank
- United Gulf Bank
- Brevet Capital
- HBM Partners
- Quantum Capital
- Ibex Investors
- Oman Technology Fund
- BC Partners
- Oman Investment Authority
- Thena Capital
- Btomorrow Ventures
- Public Authority for Social Insurance (Oman)
- Vauban Technologies
- Genuine Capital Advisers
- Pegasus Capital Advisors
- Pearls Capital
- Greyfinch Capital
- Untitled Advisers
Work highlights
- Representing the Oman Investment Authority on its closed-ended fund investment program. The team advises OIA on all aspects of the investment program, including undertaking legal and tax due diligence on the underlying funds, negotiating terms of OIA’s investment, structuring OIA’s investment and coordinating closing and post-closing matters.
- Represents Brevet Capital Management, a US-based investment manager, on a range of matters relating to fund formation, investments, regulatory issues, compliance and day-to-day operational issues.
- Contuining to act for KIPCO Group and its subsidiaries United Gulf Bank and Burgan Bank in connection with their private funds investment program, investing in a wide variety of strategies including private equity, venture capital, real estate and fixed income.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Thomas Laurer, Ryan Hansen, Daniel Lewin