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• We represented The Blackstone Group's Strategic Alliance Fund, LP and Strategic Alliance Offshore Fund, Ltd. in their seed investment in multiple hedge funds and their acquisition of profits interests in the funds (similar to management fees and allocations paid to the fund manager). We also formed Strategic Alliance Fund LP II and Strategic Alliance Offshore Fund Ltd. II, domestic and offshore funds with a hybrid private equity and hedge fund model whose purpose is to make seed investments with new hedge fund managers and share in the profits interests generated by those funds. Blackstone is a publicly traded company with approximately $96.3 billion of AUM. To read more about the associate who worked on this transaction click here.
  
  
• We represented Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co., LLC (“GMO”) in connection with the formation of a hedge fund that invests in obligations of issuers experiencing (or expected to experience) financial stress.  We also advise GMO generally with respect to the ongoing offering and operation of its approximately 25 hedge funds, which include U.S. and non-U.S. equity, fixed income, currency and asset allocation funds.  GMO is a preeminent investment advisory firm with more than $94 billion under management. To read more about the associate who worked on this transaction click here.
  
  
• We represented Commonfund Asset Management in connection with the organization and offering of a number of private funds of hedge funds. Commonfund Asset Management is a Connecticut-based investment adviser with approximately $25 billion of AUM that offers nonprofit institutional investors a range of investment funds that use a multi-strategy, multi-manager approach. We also advised Commonfund on issues associated with the expansion of their services to new client segments, including benefit plan investors and non-U.S. investors.
  
  
• We represented Stockbridge Partners LLC, an affiliate of Berkshire Partners LLC, in connection with the establishment and operations of Stockbridge Fund, L.P., a hedge fund applying the investment philosophy developed by Berkshire Partners in its private equity investing to investments in marketable securities.  The fund features economic terms intended to satisfy investors' demand for a compensation scheme that, compared to traditional hedge fund terms, better aligns manager compensation with the long-term performance of the fund.  We also advised Stockbridge on the establishment of several customized fund and separate account arrangements for leading institutional investors.  Berkshire Partners is a Boston-based private equity investment firm with more than $5 billion of AUM.
  
  
• Since early-2010, we have served as lead counsel to PIMCO in connection with the formation of numerous hedge funds, including a series of tail risk funds and several overlay strategy programs, and related documentation for comparable separate account products. In addition we are working with PIMCO on alternative fund structures, including a bank trust fund product. We also regularly advise PIMCO on questions relating to their hedge funds' ongoing operations and administration and their separate account business.  PIMCO is a global investment management firm with over $1 trillion of AUM. To read more about the associate who worked on this transaction click here.