Mr Michael Newell > Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
100 Bishopsgate
LONDON
EC2N 4AG
England

Work Department

Financial Services

Position

Mike Newell is a partner in Cadwalader’s Financial Services Group, resident in the London office. Mike has extensive experience in advising clients in the asset management industry and, in particular, on the establishment and reorganisation of onshore and offshore collective investment vehicles. He helps both household names and innovative startups set up new businesses and products in both the mainstream and alternative sectors, and is particularly experienced in advising in relation to hedge, private equity and real asset funds, as well as retail mutual funds, UK-listed investment companies and structured products. He also advises asset managers in relation to general corporate and regulatory matters and institutional investors on their private fund investments and secondary sales.

Memberships

Mike is a member of the European Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles’ (INREV) Public Affairs Committee, The Association of Real Estate Funds (AREF) and was a member of the FSA’s legal expert group and of the technical committees of a number of industry bodies dealing with the implementation of the AIFM Directive.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP acts for sponsors and asset managers on the structuring, formation and marketing of investment funds across the real estate, renewable energy, private equity, social infrastructure and credit asset classes. Practice head Michael Newell is a key name for establishing and reorganising onshore and offshore collective investment vehicles. Newell is supported by Jack Kelly, who was promoted to special counsel in January 2023. The practice was bolstered in December 2022 by the arrival of Alix Prentice from King & Wood Mallesons, and Sukhvir Basran from Hogan Lovells International LLP.

London > Investment fund formation and management > Private funds

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP acts for numerous sponsors and asset managers in matters concerning the structuring, formation and promotion of investment funds across various asset classes, with emphasis on real estate funds. Practice head Michael Newel has vast expertise in advising asset management clients on the establishment and reorganization of onshore and offshore collective investment vehicles. Jack Andrew Kelly is a key name within the practice.