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Mr Hamish Annandale
Work Department
Counsel; Investment Funds
Position
Hamish Annandale is a counsel in Akin’s investment funds group. He focuses primarily on the investment management industry, advising managers on the structuring, formation and operation of their alternative investment products, including hedge funds, credit funds, hybrid funds and co-investment arrangements. He also provides advice on co-investment and standalone single-deal transactions, spin-outs and seed capital arrangements, “Upper tier” structuring, and investment manager restructurings.
To learn more about Mr. Annandale, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/hamish-annandale.html
Career
Prior to joining Akin, Hamish trained at a large London-based international law firm and spent time on secondment at a London-based hedge fund.
Education
L.P.C., BPP Law School, England, 2010; LL.B., BPP Law School, England, 2009; M.B.A.L.S., BPP University Law School, 2011
Lawyer Rankings
London > Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
(Next Generation Partners)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
- Next Generation Partners 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