Nigel van Zyl > Proskauer Rose LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Proskauer Rose LLP
110 BISHOPSGATE
LONDON
EC2N 4AY
England
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Work Department

Private Investment Funds

Position

Nigel van Zyl is a partner and co-head of Proskauer’s Private Funds Group at Proskauer.

Nigel specializes in advising asset managers, institutional investors and investment advisors across the full spectrum of investment fund matters.

Praised for his keen business sense and practical approach, Nigel advises leading international fund managers on all aspects of their fund business, including the formation, raising, maintenance and ongoing operation and compliance of their investment funds. He also advises on internal governance, compliance and organization, carried interest and co-investment arrangements, spinouts, re-organizations and restructurings.

Nigel represents institutional investors, including fund of funds, sovereign wealth funds, and global asset managers, with respect to their investments into private equity and other alternative asset funds.

Nigel also advises buyers and sellers of secondary fund interests and the structures used for these transactions, including synthetic secondary and co-investment structures.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Investment fund formation and management > Private funds

(Hall of Fame)

Nigel van ZylProskauer Rose LLP

Proskauer Rose LLP handles a broad spectrum fund formation issues, in addition to funds-related transactional matters involving acquisitions of asset management companies, investments in fund management companies, seed transactions and funds-of-funds. The team primarily acts for European clients. Practice head Nigel van Zyl  specialises in assisting buyers and sellers of secondary fund interests, and advising on the structuring of transactions concerning continuation funds.. Venture capital expert Edward Lee and infrastructure funds specialist Peter Olds are key names of note. Jordan Hurwitz and Bruno Bertrand-Delfau are noted for their focus on secondaries. Aranpreet Randhawa and Christopher Elson are highly recommended, as are special counsels Lucie Rose and Nicholas Rose.