Campbells is equipped to advise clients on the formation, launch, and structuring of hedge funds, private equity funds, and venture capital funds. The practice is overseen by Simon Thomas, who is a strong choice for institutional investors on alternative investments, and is highly proficient in the establishment of private equity funds and related investment vehicles. Richard Spencer and Kristy-Anne Leith provide the team with vast expertise in digital assets, Michelle Richie is an expert in the restructuring of open and closed-ended investment funds, and Tim Dawson is versed in information exchange obligations. Other key team members include Krista Wight.

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Testimonials

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Campbells consistently provides the highest level of expertise when working on fund structures for US-based fund managers.
They have strong market, fund, and fund manager technical skills, plus a team with good depth.
Campbells has done exceptionally well to attract top talent from the most prominent offshore law firms, providing a market-leading base of technical knowledge throughout. The size of the firm and the focus on hiring ambitious and personable partners and lawyers has resulted in them being very client-centric in their commercial approach and focus on building long-term, strong client relationships. This passion and ambition carry over to more innovative sectors of the market and their approach to legal servicing, with a visible appetite for leveraging the latest technologies to boost client value and experience.
Campbells' investment funds practice in Cayman stands out for delivering genuine offshore expertise without the billing bloat or over-engineering that often counterparts. On our fund formation work, the team demonstrated deep technical knowledge of Cayman structures combined with a commercial pragmatism that is rare in the offshore market. Their pricing-to-output ratio is genuinely impressive: the advice was senior-led, precise, and free of the junior-heavy recycling of templates that drives up costs at larger international firms. For managers launching digital asset or venture strategies into Cayman vehicles, Campbells offers a distinct sweet spot of regulatory sophistication, speed, and value that is hard to match elsewhere in the Caribbean.

Key clients

Ribbit Capital
Tiger Global

Work highlights

Acted as Cayman Islands counsel to Tiger Global Management, LLC on the formation of Tiger Global Private Investment Partners XVII, L.P, a multi-billion-dollar successor venture capital fund.

Acted as Cayman Islands counsel on the formation of Ribbit Capital Z, L.P, the latest successor fund from Ribbit Capital.

Lawyers

Leading partners

The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Simon Thomas

Next Generation Partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Michelle Richie

Leading associates

Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Campbells

Cayman Islands

Investment funds