Recognized as one of the premier practices in the industry, the Investment Funds Group leverages its extensive market knowledge and deep, long-term relationships to help sophisticated clients reach their most important investment goals. We have been at the forefront of some of the industry’s most creative and innovative investment product developments, helping clients set market trends instead of reacting to them.
Asset Management M&A
Paul, Weiss has been the go-to firm for asset managers since the early days of the industry, advising many of today’s leading investment firms since inception. As the industry and our clients have evolved, we have been there at every milestone, advising on dozens of industry-shifting deals and firm-defining decisions. Leveraging decades of experience, Paul, Weiss advises on all aspects of the growth and development of asset managers from initial firm launch through strategic investments and partnerships to exits and succession planning.
Our asset management M&A specialists have represented stakeholders from all sides, including acquirers, sellers and management teams and are supplemented by a combination of top-notch talent from our market-leading Investment Funds and Private Equity M&A teams. Our familiarity with all perspectives of a transaction allows us to be highly efficient and effective in resolving the issues that are most significant to our clients. We regularly advise a variety of industry leaders, both buyers and sellers, in the full range of asset management transactions:
- Mergers & Acquisitions: Our lawyers regularly represent some of the most sophisticated repeat buyers, as well as some of the most sophisticated sellers, of asset management firms in domestic and cross-border transactions, including many industry-shaping acquisitions, mergers and majority investments.
- GP Stakes & Minority Investments: Our partners work with numerous traditional and alternative asset managers on buying and selling minority investments and GP-stakes transactions.
- Spin-Ins & Spin-Outs: When asset management businesses are sold by founders or parent companies or spun out of larger organizations, our partners regularly advise sellers, financial institutions or management teams.
- Seed Capital & Strategic Arrangements: We have a strong reputation as one of the world’s leading seed practices. Our team includes experts in “seed and stake” transactions who have advised both the providers of seed capital and start-up enterprises. This unique level of experience gives us a holistic view of the transactional landscape and enables us to negotiate the best terms for a successful partnership.