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Hogan Lovells International LLP

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Hogan Lovells International LLP continues to advise on fund formation and investment mandates. The team’s expertise encompasses seed investment funds and debt funds, including infrastructure funds with a sustainability angle. Nicholas Holman takes charge of the fund formation practice, while Ed Harris leads the secondaries practice. GP-led transactions and continuation funds fall under Harris’ purview. Holman is experienced in advising on the launch of funds and the establishment of co-investment funds. Jeremy Pickles stands out for being ‘very knowledgeable of the private funds space and issues affecting sponsors and investors alike’, handling both launches and secondary transactions.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The private funds team at Hogan Lovells excels at providing high-quality advice on all matters, including fund formation and advice to investors. We particularly value the clear advice and guidance provided on our proposed private fund investments.’

  • ‘Nicholas Holman is a highly skilled private funds lawyer. Exceptionally approachable and understanding of the issues that matter to his clients.’

  • ‘Nicholas Holman is an expert who is also highly commercial in the context of my company's risk appetite.’

  • ‘They are responsive and clear in their advice, and they offer intelligent solutions to problems. They stand out from other firms in the market for their experience in LP-side representation, both in terms of advice and transaction management. They are also lovely people - very nice and easy to work with; they add value in many different ways outside of just being advisers.’

  • ‘Jeremy Pickles - very good at stepping in when required and pointing things in the right direction. Excellent market knowledge of fund terms across various types of private fund transactions, and can advise on regulatory issues with respect to fund formation as well.’

Key clients

  • aberdeen
  • British Business Bank
  • British International Investment plc
  • Camco Management Limited
  • Columbia Threadneedle Investments
  • FMO (Netherlands Development Bank)
  • Infracapital
  • International Finance Corporation

Work highlights

Advising Camco Management Limited, a London-based impact fund manager, on the of Camco REPP 2, a cutting-edge blended finance fund domiciled in Luxembourg with a targeted fund size of US$250m.
Advised British Business Bank on a significant number of investments across its venture capital and venture debt funds, Enterprise Capital Funds.
Advised Columbia Threadneedle Investments and Threadneedle Property Unit Trust (TPUT) on the merger of TPUT, an open-ended real estate fund investing into UK property, with Nuveen Real Estate’s UK Property Fund, resulting in TPUT surpassing £1bn in assets.

Practice head

Nicholas Holman

Other key lawyers

Ed Harris; Jeremy Pickles