K&L Gates Straits Law LLC‘s team advises private fund sponsors, family offices and investors in the formation and structuring of alternative investment vehicles. Edward Bennett leads the team and has experience spanning private equity, venture capital, infrastructure and real estate funds matters. Alongside Bennett at the helm, Jason Nelms specialises in advising Asia-based and US sponsors and investors on the structuring, formation, and offering of private investment funds.
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Testimonials
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‘K&L Gates combines market leading awareness of the latest trends in the investment funds market with a pragmatic and commercially aware approach. We particularly value their experience across different asset classes - from private equity and private credit to venture funds - and their ability to involve funds specialists across other jurisdictions.’
‘Edward Bennett is outstanding and a go to resource for us as an active LP investor. He is highly responsive and brings an excellent understanding of our needs as an investor and solutions focused approach to issues arising during transactions.’
‘Edward Bennett is exceptionally knowledgeable and manages transactions in an efficient and practical manner.’
‘Jason Nelms is always responsive and give us effective practical advice.'
‘Extremely deep legal knowledge, commercially-minded, extremely responsive, strong attention-to-detail.’
‘Jason and his team are fantastic. They are responsive, commercial in their approach and very decent people. I very much enjoy working with them.’
Key clients
- Alyssa Partners
- Savills Investment Management
- Growtheum Capital Partners
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
- Asian Development Bank
- Intudo Ventures
- E15 VC
- Octave Ventures
Work highlights
Acted as counsel to Alyssa Partners, a leading Japan-focused real estate investment management firm, in connection with the acquisition of a portfolio of logistics assets located in Greater Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan.
Advised Intudo Ventures on the closings of two funds: (i) Intudo Ventures IV, securing capital commitments of US$75 million, and (ii) a natural resources fund, securing capital commitments of $75m.
Advised members advised an international investor in a China logistics develop-to-hold core fund managed by ESR on the fund’s divesture of its portfolio of over RMB 5.8bn of logistics assets in China.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Edward Bennett; Jason Nelms
Other key lawyers
Charmaine Mok