Overview
With one of the most active fund formation and investment management practices in the Southeast, Robinson Bradshaw provides a full range of legal services to private investment funds, investment managers and institutional investors across the country. We regularly receive national rankings in the annual "Best Law Firms" report.
We represent general partners in the formation of buyout funds, venture capital funds, hedge funds, mezzanine funds, SBICs, offshore funds, real estate funds, captive funds, separate accounts, funds of funds and other products. On the limited partner side, we represent institutional investors in virtually every type of private fund investment, as well as separate accounts, co-investments and other products. Due to our experience representing general and limited partners, we offer our clients detailed knowledge of the market from both perspectives within a cohesive group of attorneys.
Because we understand that an investment firm is a business itself with its own unique issues, our work extends far beyond fundraising and investing to also include assisting our clients with their internal governance, regulatory affairs and financial arrangements.
Our Private Fund Insights blog provides information and legal updates for both sponsors and investors in private funds of all types, and serves as a resource for navigating the complex world of private equity.
Our clients include Azalea Capital, Beacon Partners, Capitala Investment Advisors, Chapter IV Investors, Double Time Capital, Eton Advisors, Excelerate Health Ventures, Fidus Capital, Frontier Growth, IDEA Fund Partners, Investure, Kian Capital, MMJ Partners (f/k/a Parish Capital Advisors), Pamlico Capital, Rex Health Ventures, RLJ Credit Opportunity Fund, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina, Ulysses Management, UNC Management Co. and University of Virginia Investment Management Co.
Honors & Awards
- Best Law Firms, national Tier 3 for private funds/hedge funds law, 2016-24; Charlotte Tier 1 for private funds/hedge funds law, 2011-24; Raleigh Tier 1 for private funds/hedge funds law, 2018-21
Experience
Represented a fund manager in the formation of a middle-market buyout fund with more than $900 million in investor commitments, and represented the same manager in the earlier formation of three private equity funds with aggregate commitments of approximately $2.1 billion.
Assisted an outsourced investment office services firm with the formation of a multiseries investment vehicle for its clients with more than $1 billion of commitments to its initial series.
Represented a fund of funds manager with approximately $2 billion of assets under management in the sale of its business to a global private equity manager.
Represented a fund sponsor in connection with the formation of a venture capital fund of funds.
Assisted with the spinout of the investment office of a prominent state university, and the creation of a multi-strategy fund of funds managing the endowment and foundation assets of the university and its affiliates.
Represented a private equity investment team in its spinout from a major financial institution.
Represented a community nonprofit hospital in the formation of a captive venture capital fund.
Represented a fund manager in the formation of a hedge fund of funds.
Represented management in the spinout of an investment office from a major university and creation of an outsource CIO joint venture.
Represented a fund sponsor in the formation of a mezzanine fund with capital commitments of $105 million, including the formation of a drop-down SBIC subsidiary fund and the application for its SBIC license, and the formation of associated sidecar funds.
Represented a multifamily office in the establishment of a fund of hedge funds targeting $100 million in investor subscriptions.
Represented managers of first-time hedge funds targeting initial commitments from $2 million to $20 million.
Represented a fund manager in the formation of a lower middle-market buyout fund targeting $100 million in investor commitments.
Represented a fund of funds manager in the formation of three successive sets of U.S.-focused funds of funds, two successive sets of European-focused funds of funds and various separately managed accounts, with aggregate investor commitments of more than $2.1 billion.
Represented an investment manager in the formation of a secondary fund of funds comprised of interests in 26 buyout funds with aggregate investor commitments exceeding $700 million.
Represented a fund sponsor in the formation of a hybrid fund with aggregate commitments of $270 million, focusing on both publicly traded securities and investments in private companies, and the subsequent conversion of that fund to a hedge fund.
Represented a fund sponsor in the formation of multiple funds focused on investing in solar farms eligible for North Carolina state tax credits.
Represented a fund sponsor in the formation, offering and SBIC licensing of a mezzanine investment fund with approximately $55 million of private investor commitments.
Represented a publicly traded business development company in the formation of a joint venture with a publicly traded insurance company for investment in senior secured loans in middle-market companies.
Please visit our Institutional Investors page for examples of our experience in that field.
News & Events
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- Oct. 25, 2017
- Eight Named “Lawyer of the Year”Aug. 16, 2017
- Jan. 3, 2017
Insights
- Dec. 12, 2024Private Fund Insights Blog
- Sept. 17, 2024Private Fund Insights Blog
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- Oct. 17, 2023Private Fund Insights Blog
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- Oct. 4, 2023Private Fund Insights Blog
- Aug. 31, 2023Private Fund Insights Blog
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- July 26, 2023Private Fund Insights Blog
- July 12, 2023Private Fund Insights Blog
- July 11, 2023Private Fund Insights Blog
- Jan. 22, 2018L3: Long Leaf Law, North Carolina Bar Association blog
- Developments in the Regulation of Fund Managers in North CarolinaFeb. 1, 2014Notes Bearing Interest, the newsletter of the Business Law Section of the NCBA
- Sept. 25, 2013Robinson Bradshaw Publication
- May 2011Business North Carolina, Law Journal
- Dec. 8, 2009Robinson Bradshaw Publication
- Aug. 25, 2009Robinson Bradshaw Publication
- Oct. 2, 2006Robinson Bradshaw Publication