The highly experienced alternative and hedge funds team at Ropes & Gray LLP regularly handles the full range of hedge fund matters, jointly led by San Francisco's asset management specialist Melissa Bender, New York's Morri Weinberg, Boston's Leigh Fraser and Peter Laybourn. Bender's expertise includes leading the firm's crypto blockchain department, while Fraser specializes in representing hedge fund sponsors. The team services a roster of major clients including private credit sponsor CIFC asset management, MFN Partners, and Pacific Investment Management Company, on onshore and offshore private funds, structuring products, and the full range of regulatory matters. Head of the hedge fund team, New York-based Laurel FitzPatrick leads on advising on evergreen and open end credit funds, and assists with representing both registered and unregistered fund managers. Sarah Davidoff is another key contact in the New York office, advising private fund sponsors and providing strategic counsel to national and international hedge funds.
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Key clients
- CIFC Asset Management
- Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC
- MFN Partners
- PFM Health Sciences
- Pacific Investment Management Company
Work highlights
- Representing CIFC Asset Management across a host of fund formation and regulatory matters, and credit investments.
- Representing Fidelity Diversifying Solutions in a wide range of private fund matters, including the launch of their direct lending hedge fund.
- Representing MFN Partners on a wide range of hedge fund matters.
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Melissa Bender, Leigh Fraser, Peter Laybourn, Morri Weinberg