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John
Adams
Counsel
Education
University College London, LL.B., (Hons) Law, First Class
The College of Law, London, LPC, Distinction
Practice
John Adams, counsel in the UK investment funds practice, specialises in advising in relation to the formation, promotion and operation of all types of private and retail investment funds (particularly private equity, infrastructure, hedge and UCITS funds), and the drafting and negotiation of associated documentation. Mr. Adams also advises sovereign wealth funds and institutional investors in connection with their acquisitions, and disposals, of investments in private investment funds. In addition, Mr. Adams advises on UK and European regulatory issues relating to fund managers and investment products. Mr. Adams regularly publishes articles and speaks at seminars and conferences on matters connected with his practice.
Experience
- Innisfree Limited on the formation of Innisfree PFI Secondary Fund, a £600.5 million English limited partnership investing in PFI and PPP infrastructure projects in the UK, the EU and North America
- A US fund manager on the establishment of a private equity fund, structured as an English limited partnership and managed in Costa Rica, formed to invest in conservation and sustainable projects in Meso-America, the Northern Andes and the Amazon Basin
- An international investment bank on the possible disposal of its global fund management businesses
- Shenkman Capital Management, Inc. on the establishment of an Irish UCITS umbrella fund with sub-funds focused on high yield debt securities
- A sovereign wealth fund on its investments in numerous hedge funds
- A major private equity fund investor on the proposed disposition of its portfolio of limited partnership investments
- A Chilean investment bank on its investments in various private equity funds and private equity funds-of-funds
- A London-based hedge fund manager on the reorganisation of an existing, high-profile hedge fund
- A New York-based hedge fund manager on the establishment of a single-investor hedge fund
- Permal Group on the reorganisation of an existing fund and the establishment of new feeder funds
- An international hedge fund manager on the implementation of a Cayman Islands and Luxembourg structure through which numerous hedge funds and managed accounts hold particular assets
- A London-based fund manager on the establishment of a managed account program
- A global investment bank as to the parameters of UCITS III and the eligibility of investments in listed gold bullion-backed securities
- A major institution in the Middle East on the formation of, and its investment in, a US$500 million private equity and infrastructure fund formed to invest in Kazakhstan and the Caspian region
- A major sovereign wealth fund on the formation of a limited partnership through which our client and other investors made a very high profile and significant infrastructure investment in the UK
- The sponsor of a proposed new real estate and distressed assets fund, to be structured as a Cayman Islands limited partnership and advised by an investment adviser regulated by the Irish Financial Regulator
- North Sea Partners LLC in relation to the establishment of a UK subsidiary and its appointed representative arrangements with an existing FSA-authorised firm entity
- Certain investment professionals on the establishment of a new agency broking business in the UK, structured as an LLP, including negotiating the terms of an LLP deed and related outsourcing agreements
- Various US-based asset managers on the distribution of private funds into Europe and elsewhere
- A Cairo-based private equity firm on a structured transaction relating to investments in cement production companies and other assets in Algeria, Egypt and Syria
- Morgan Stanley International Limited on the scope of the Payment Services Directive
- Och-Ziff and other hedge fund managers in relation to their prime brokerage arrangements in the financial climate post-Lehman
- CLSA on the establishment of an employee share scheme for employees located in the UK
- A leading wealth management company based in Australia and New Zealand as to the potential exiting of several real estate investment structures utilising both Channel Islands and English fund vehicles
- A major British real estate development company on the structuring of a potential joint venture and development project, utilising both Channel Islands and English fund vehicles
- ICE on the establishment of ICE Clear, the first new derivatives clearing house in the UK since 1880, including the drafting of relevant clearing house rules
- A New York-based prime brokerage risk management firm on its international activities and its relationships with numerous hedge fund managers
- A prominent New York-based investment manager on subscriptions by UK pension funds in a hedge fund established in the British Virgin Islands
- A London-based broking firm on the establishment of a new LLP, including drafting the LLP deed governing its operations
- A Bermudan-based investment manager on investment management arrangements in connection with three separate Bermudan funds
- A group of investment firms located in Hong Kong, Japan and the Cayman Islands as to the marketing of a proposed new private equity fund in various European jurisdictions
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
England and Wales
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