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Mr Tim Pearce
Work Department
Partner; Investment Funds
Position
Tim Pearce is a partner in Akin’s investment funds group. He works with alternative fund managers, particularly hedge and credit managers, and other asset managers ranging from the largest global houses to smaller start-ups. He assists clients as they launch and manage funds in key jurisdictions around the world. He also provides general investment management support and advice on the regulatory obligations that alternative fund managers face. Tim advises on a wide variety of issues connected with alternative investment vehicles, including launching of hedge funds, credit funds and funds of hedge funds; legal considerations for segregated account agreements and managed account platforms; fund restructurings; side-letter and investment negotiations; distribution arrangements; regulatory advice; and structuring of asset management businesses.
To learn more about Mr. Pearce, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/tim-pearce-1.html
Education
LL.B. (Hons), University of Exeter School of Law, England, with honors, 1996.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
(Leading individuals)Both established players and new entrants to the hedge fund manager market come to Akin
for support with the launching of new funds, and the firm is also able to advise on regulatory and tax regimes in the UK, EU and US. The practice advises fund managers on seed capital arrangements, hybrid fund structures and the drafting of key documentation. Leading the team are private equity specialist Daniel Quinn, Ian Meade and Tim Pearce, who assist hedge fund managers with the foundation and structuring of funds in addition to regulatory obligations. Hamish Annandale, made partner in January 2023, and counsel Melissa Kinsmore-Ward advises on the establishment of alternative investment structures.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Hedge funds London > Investment fund formation and management
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Finance > Acquisition finance