Assisting asset mangers across US, Europe and Asia, the team at Proskauer Rose LLP is jointly led by Christopher Wells and Kelli Moll. Moll’s practice focuses on assisting investment advisors on the formation and maintenance of a variety of funds including hedge funds, credit funds and cross-over funds, while Wells navigates hedge fund managers through a variety of challenging situations they may encounter such as new fund launches, complex fund restructurings, liquidity constraints, and enforcement matters. Jennifer Dunn advises on the structuring and negotiating seed and strategic investments, sales of investment manager platforms, and compensation arrangements, Caryn Greenspan has focused her practice primarily on hedge funds and credit funds, in both open and closed end spaces, as well as evergreen funds.
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  • ‘Able to work cross sector and pull expertise from different teams.’

  • ‘Chris Wells and Jenny Dunn - exceptional in their responsiveness, critical thinking, technical drafting but most importantly being solution driven for clients.’

  • 'Chris Wells has decades of experience in the hedge fund industry, and has quite literally seen it all. His realistic approach to legal and compliance questions differentiates his advice and counsel.'

Key clients

  • Appaloosa Management
  • Ares Management
  • Deerfield Management
  • Pinebridge Investments LLC
  • Alpine Associates
  • Ellington Management Group
  • Graham Capital Management
  • Engle Capital Management
  • Greenlight Capital
  • Stonehill Capital Management

Work highlights

  • Advised Pagaya Technologies LTD. in its agreement to acquire 100% of Theorem Technology, Inc, an institutional asset manager focused exclusively on the consumer credit space.
  • Advised Saluda Grade in its acquisition of a minority stake in Hillcrest Finance.
  • Advised JANA Partners on its strategic partnership with Cannae Holdings, Inc.

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Practice head

Kelli Moll; Christopher Wells

Other key lawyers

Jennifer Dunn; Caryn Greenspan