Focuses on private investment fund matters.
Represents prominent alternative investment managers and institutional investors.
Olivia previously served as the partner in charge of the firm’s Singapore office. She assists private fund sponsors on matters involving the formation, structuring and ongoing operation of U.S. and offshore private equity funds and hedge funds, as well as managed accounts and customized investment solutions. She represents some of the world’s most prominent private equity, hedge fund and fund of funds sponsors.
Olivia also represents institutional investors acquiring and selling investments in private funds and establishing co-investment arrangements.
Olivia has extensive experience in drafting a wide range of bespoke fund fee structures and can advise on the costs and benefits of the available options, giving managers the ability to attract and retain investors. She also ensures that her clients are fully compliant with evolving regulatory schemes.
Olivia assists alternative investment fund sponsors and investors with:
Fund formation
Regulatory compliance for investment advisers
Complex fund restructurings
Co-investment arrangements
Managed accounts
LP-side fund reviews and negotiations
Strategic investments
Seed investments.
Representative Work
Represented sovereign wealth investor in side-by-side investment in commingled closed-end fund and customized fund of one.
Advised Singapore-based asset manager on establishment of private credit fund.
Advised consumer industry focused private equity fund manager on establishment of closed-end fund.
Represented U.S. institutional investor in investment into fund together with revenue sharing JV with fund manager.
Established series of sidecar vehicles for activist hedge fund manager’s co-investments.
Advised in the negotiation of a series of managed account agreements for a client’s managed account platform.
Established a parallel fund for overflow investments allowing for bespoke terms to apply for each investment.
Represented New York-headquartered asset manager in establishment of opportunistic fund with innovative structure and investor terms, including negotiating investments from a global investor base.
Advised on the setup of an activist hedge fund manager in New York, including a seed investor arrangement, flagship fund formation and investor negotiations.