Cayman Investment Funds

Ogier’s funds team remains very strong and it fields a high-quality, experienced bench. Legal 500 2014, Cayman Islands

Cayman funds, no learning curve When you set up a Cayman fund you need legal advice that is expert, fast, and fairly priced.

Ogier are at the top when it comes to Cayman Islands law and have a good knowledge of the hedge fund industry in general. The service is responsive, helpful and efficient with a practical approach to resolving issues. S. Dov Lando, Managing Director, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, MKP Capital Management L.L.C

Ogier in Cayman has been actively advising clients on the whole lifecycle of their funds for over 20 years. We advise on the full range of work across a number of fund products including: • Private Equity • Hedge • Hybrid • Venture Capital • Real Estate • Infrastructure • Investment Managers Market-leading experience You don’t pay for a learning curve when you instruct us. We are one of the few Cayman firms that had a mature funds practice when the 2008 crisis hit. We were successful in steering a number of large clients through the crisis and thereby gained unparalleled experience.

An experienced team Our longstanding eight partner team provides experience gained from operating in this market for over 23 years, forging strong links with managers and with funds partners at leading law firms in key onshore financial centres. The global head of Ogier’s investment funds team is based in Cayman. Partners in our Cayman office have on the ground experience of working in Asia for both international and local clients alongside our Asia-based partners. The team’s diverse backgrounds include strong connections with North and South America, particularly Brazil, UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

We have been focusing on funds since the beginnings of the industry in Cayman and we have played a formative role in the development of market practice. Many of the features we introduced into our documentation are now acknowledged industry standard.

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Following international capital flows Ogier is one of our most trusted counsel who has proven day after day and deal after deal why they are so invaluable to us and our needs. It goes without saying that Ogier provides us with top notch legal advice and services but also they are exceptional in terms of providing us customized solutions to face the challenges of a rapidly changing regulatory environment. GC of the Asset Management arm of a European headquartered Global Investment Bank (2014)

Our investment funds specialists located in the Cayman Islands are able to draw on dedicated funds teams in other Ogier offices: BVI, Guernsey, Jersey, and Luxembourg. We are the only offshore firm with an onshore capability in Luxembourg. We also have a thriving office in Hong Kong and unmatched insights into Asia through our Shanghai and Tokyo offices. Scalability of resource Our team of investment funds lawyers is one of the largest in the Cayman Islands. Ogier holds around a 20% market share of the Cayman Islands registered funds market and acts for about 25% of institutional top 100 managers. Together with Maples and Calder and Walkers, we are responsible for approximately 90% of all investment funds work done in Cayman. Responsive, partner-led team While we allocate teams as appropriate based on complexity, our responsive service delivery is marked out by the availability and visibility of our partners.

20 years on the ground Cayman experience

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Our established partner team enables us to quickly leverage our resources and bring into play our varied experience and long-standing regulatory relationships to simplify the complex for our clients. Streamlined pricing structure We recognise that the current market is challenging. With our long experience with Cayman funds, we have extensive internal knowledge and have invested in developing sophisticated, detailed precedents. This allows us to provide a superior level of consistency and efficiency in delivering our services and enables us in most cases to quote very competitive fixed fees, which we would be happy to provide to you upon request. Our cohesive partner team also allows us to set our pricing to ensure consistency across the firm. When you receive a quote from one of our partners, you can be sure it is the very best offer we are able to make across the firm. This cohesiveness extends across to the consistent positions we take on the interpretation of Cayman laws and regulations.

20% market share of Cayman Islands Registered Funds

25% of the top 100 Cayman institutional funds are our clients

Giorgio Subiotto Partner and Global Head of Investment Funds

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Contact us

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James Bergstrom Partner +1 345 815 1855 [email protected]

Angus Davison Partner +1 345 815 1788 [email protected]

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Shameer Jasani Partner +1 345 815 1802 [email protected]

Bradley Kruger Partner +1 345 815 1877 [email protected]

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Nick Rogers Partner +1 345 815 1844 [email protected]

Giorgio Subiotto Partner and Global Head of Investment Funds +1 345 815 1872 [email protected]

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Madeleine Welham Managing Associate, Cayman Islands +1 345 815 1750 [email protected]

Kate Hodson Partner, Hong Kong +852 3656 6049 [email protected]

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Nicholas Plowman Partner, Hong Kong +852 3656 6014 [email protected]

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Contacts British Virgin Islands Ritter House Wickhams Cay II PO Box 3170 Road Town, Tortola British Virgin Islands VG1110 T +1 284 852 7300 E [email protected] Cayman Islands 89 Nexus Way Grand Cayman Cayman Islands KY1-9007 T +1 345 949 9876 E [email protected]

Jersey 44 Esplanade St Helier Jersey JE4 9WG Channel Islands T +44 1534 514000 E [email protected] Luxembourg 2-4 rue Eugène Ruppert PO Box 2078 L-1020 Luxembourg T +352 2712 2000 E [email protected]

Guernsey Redwood House St Julian’s Avenue St Peter Port Guernsey GY1 1WA Channel Islands

Shanghai Room 904B 21st Century Tower No.210 Century Avenue Pudong New Area Shanghai 200120 China

T +44 1481 721672 E [email protected]

T +86 21 6075 6525 E [email protected]

Hong Kong 11th Floor Central Tower 28 Queen’s Road Central Central Hong Kong

Tokyo Holland Hills Mori Tower RoP Suite 803 5-11-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku Tokyo 105-0001 Japan

T +852 3656 6000 E [email protected]

T +81 3 6430 9500 E [email protected]

Ogier provides practical advice on British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey and Luxembourg law through our global network of offices. Ours is the only firm to advise on these five laws. We regularly win awards for the quality of our client service, our work and our people. Regulatory information can be found at ogier.com

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