Our Practice

Integrated seamlessly with our market-leading Private Equity and Private Funds teams, we offer significant advantages to asset managers and their portfolio companies in myriad litigation, investigatory and advisory matters. Gleaned over decades as go-to counsel for the industry, our litigators’ familiarity with complex financial products and investment structures and understanding of the private equity investment life cycle and market trends at play allow us to tackle problems efficiently and commercially and give us a nuanced understanding into what matters most to industry participants.

Dispute Resolution

Our Investment Management Litigation team has handled the full spectrum of disputes, ranging from the defense of multibillion-dollar claims and high-stakes investor suits to partnership and employment-related disputes. Our industry experience is unparalleled and spans investor and deal disputes, complex commercial litigation and arbitrations, Delaware fiduciary litigation, and antitrust, data privacy, IP-related and other serious matters. We have achieved successful outcomes in the most sensitive upper-tier disputes, as well as in the most complex fiduciary matters involving investment funds and portfolio companies.

We also routinely represent investment managers in restructuring litigation, including in matters in bankruptcy courts and Delaware Chancery Court for claims for breach of duty, and many other types of disputes.

Regulatory & Internal Investigations

Our firm has long been go-to counsel for the investment management industry, leveraging decades of experience in handling multifaceted internal investigations, regulatory enforcement proceedings and white collar defense matters. We have guided investment management clients through the successful resolution of matters involving a broad array of state and federal government authorities, including the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as well as federal and state regulatory and self-regulatory authorities, including the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), among many others. Our Investment Management Litigation team is comprised of industry experts and draws on the unparalleled star talent of our government enforcement and investigations practice.

We are also well-known for our successful handling of internal investigations on behalf of our investment management clients, as well as their portfolio companies and boards of directors. We are skilled crisis managers, helping clients safely navigate potentially damaging reputational risks, including as a result of whistleblower complaints and Congressional or other government investigations.

Strategic Risk Advisory

We work across practices to provide holistic, pragmatic advice aligned with our clients’ business goals. We advise investment managers and their principals in matters that arise in the course of day-to-day business, including commercial and proactive counsel regarding litigation, compliance and fiduciary risks related to potential investments and transaction structures, the implications of contested restructurings, emerging regulatory compliance concerns, and any area affecting the investment management industry.

Our investment management-focused litigation and investigations expertise also includes:

• Representing managers, portfolio companies and creditor groups in high-stakes shareholder, commercial, antitrust and employment litigation
• Delaware fiduciary litigation
• Bankruptcy- and distress-related claims
• Indemnification, purchase price and earn-out disputes
• Litigating and arbitrating post-purchase disputes
• Internal and government investigations
• Litigation due diligence
• Advising on arbitration and indemnification provisions
• Advising on compliance and fiduciary risks