Mr Christopher Wells > Proskauer Rose LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Christopher Wells
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Christopher Wells is a partner and head of the Hedge Funds Group. Chris advises hedge funds, funds of funds and other pooled investment vehicles and their managers on all aspects of fund formation, operations and compliance. Chris has organized on-shore and off-shore funds using a wide range of investment and trading strategies. He has been active in the formation of funds offered to investors in multiple jurisdictions, and in the development of tax-efficient management structures for U.S. and non-U.S. investment managers. Chris frequently speaks at conferences on investment funds and money managers, and has authored various articles.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
Christopher Wells heads the practice at Proskauer Rose LLP, which has particular strength in handling work for institutional investor clients. Wells led the advice to Dynamic Beta Investment on the sale of a minority equity interest in the firm to iM Global Partner, while Michael Mavrides advised Digital Asset Custody Company on the launch of its digital asset custodial business. Robert Leonard has solid experience in fund seeding deals. Tax expert Amanda Nussbaum is also a name to note. Other clients include Graham Capital Management, Silvercrest Asset Management and Appaloosa Management. The team is based in New York.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): plaintiff
- Tax > Financial products
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Industry focus > Sport
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Industry focus > Insurance: advice to policyholders
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, and national trade associations and charities)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Real estate > Real estate2
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Finance > Capital markets: debt
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Industry focus > Environment: transactional
- Industry focus > Healthcare: service providers
- Tax > International tax
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation - defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Dispute resolution > Appellate
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Industry focus > Healthcare: life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/ exchange-traded funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation