Mr John Hamilton > Akin > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Akin Offices
ONE BRYANT PARK
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEW YORK
United States
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Mr John Hamilton
Work Department
Partner, Investment Management
Position
John Hamilton focuses his practice on advising private fund managers on the formation and operation of a broad range of investment vehicles across the liquidity spectrum, including hedge funds, private equity funds and credit funds, as well as funds of funds and managed account structures. He also advises clients on the incorporation of sustainability and impact-focused investment themes into their product offerings. John regularly counsels clients on related transactional and compliance matters, with particular expertise in advising non-U.S. managers seeking to raise capital from U.S. investors.
To learn more about John, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/john-p-hamilton
Memberships
Member, Impact Investing Legal Working Group
Education
J.D., New York University School of Law, 2006; B.A., University of Virginia, 2003
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
Start-up hedge funds frequently look to the investment funds department at Akin for the range of issues related to establishing themselves in the space. The firm also has a base of well-known funds and in 2022 saw increased work relating to co-investment opportunities. Leadership of the practice recently transferred to Barbara Niederkofler, whose broad investment funds practice includes notable expertise on the regulatory side, with an international perspective. William Wetmore rejoined the firm’s San Francisco office from an in-house hedge fund role in August 2022, and is again a lead contact for clients on transactional matters. Brian Daly is noted for compliance advice to quantitative and systematic firms and hedge funds, and John Hamilton advises sophisticated private fund managers on the formation and operation of hedge funds, private equity funds and credit funds. JP Bruynes is a strong choice of counsel for domestic and offshore hedge funds and hedge funds managers across structuring and formation, as well as transactional work. Unless otherwise noted, above named lawyers are based in New York. Stephen Vine has retired.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization