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David Williams

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Position

David heads up our Investment Funds team. He also leads the firm’s Private Assets sub-sector group.

David’s expertise is in transactional, advisory and regulatory work in the asset management and investment funds sector. He has a broad range of experience across the funds industry, but with a particular focus on private funds, including matters relating to private equity, real estate, infrastructure, credit and other alternative asset classes.

David advises fund managers and promoters, as well as administrators, custodians and other service providers on the full range of investment funds and asset management matters. This includes fund structuring, formation and promotion, as well as the terms of investment management and other commercial agreements (whether in a fund or managed account context) as well as a host of operational and regulatory matters. He also regularly advises major institutional investors on the terms of their fund investments, highlighting legal risk issues and negotiating terms for all types of fund investments, managed accounts and similar structures.

Career

Investment funds team at a magic circle firm; Cayman Islands office of a law firm; head of UK investment funds team at an international law firm; joined Simmons & Simmons.