Clifford Chance‘s team is well-equipped to advise clients with issues throughout the fund lifecycle, including with the marketing, structuring and launch aspects as well as ongoing operational issues. The practice is co-led by Kai-Niklas Schneider who harnesses a funds specialism; Schneider advises clients on the formation of and investment in a wide variety of private equity, real estate, infrastructure and credit funds. Fellow co-lead Daryl Liu advises clients on primary fundraisings, fund secondaries and restructurings, fund investments, co-investments and advisory mandates across private equity, real estate, infrastructure, private credit and other investment strategies. Luke Chen is a key individual also.
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Testimonials
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‘Global footprint enabling one-stop solutions for all global fund-related enquiries. Strong sense of current and best practice and market innovation. Responsive and experienced teams.’
‘Kai-Niklas Schneider and Daryl Liu are our main relationship partners. Responsive, commercial, experienced and client-focused.’
‘Strong group of lawyers with a great cross-border practice.’
‘Daryl Liu - friendly, easy and straightforward to work with.’
‘Very strong funds practice group with deep knowledge and expertise in fund formation work.'
'Has a good network of Clifford Chance offices in key jurisdictions so as to offer seamless cross border advice to clients.’
Key clients
- Jungle Ventures
- MEC Global Partners Asia
- Avatar Capital
- Fullerton Fund Management
- CapitaLand Investment Limited
- Lugard Capital
- Waha Capital
- Realterm
- Keppel Capital
- Tata Capital
- Schroders
- PIMCO
Work highlights
Advising Jungle Ventures on the formation of its flagship fund Jungle Ventures V, a $500m fund focussed on Southeast Asia and India; the fund aims to invest in high-growth companies in the consumer, business-to-business, and software sectors.
Advising the client as fund manager in respect of ongoing operations for its $2bn pan-Asian open-ended core plus fund, including an injection of sponsor capital and potential investments by German pension funds.
Advising Keppel Credit on the formation of Keppel Private Credit Fund III (KPCF III), the third vintage in its successful series of funds focussed on providing loans to companies with defensive infrastructure-like operating businesses across a range of real asset sectors in Asia-Pacific.
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Practice head
Kai-Niklas Schneider; Daryl Liu
Other key lawyers
Luke Chen