North America - United States • Investment fund formation and management
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP has extensive experience acting as investment fund counsel over the entire lifecycle of a fund; from the initial fund raise, through to the operation and eventual exit. The firm acts for clients across the mid-upper market segment across various asset classes, most notably those in connection with the healthcare sector. Ian Schwartz leads the New York-based team and advises boutique sponsors and institutional investors across all private fund related matters, including regulatory and compliance. Further names to note are Luc Jansen and Prem Amarnani, who are both well versed in transactional matters, Erica Moscarello who specializes in hybrid funds, including those in the credit and real estate space and David Nestler who continues to advise on private investment funds for a growing mid-market client base.
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Testimonials
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‘The team has extensive knowledge of the industry.’
‘Luc Jansen is very responsive and competent.’
‘Extremely professional and client focused - perform way better than the lawyers on the other side of the table.’
- ‘MWE continues to be the first choice for all of our PE fund work. We have been working with David Nestler at MWE for the last couple of years and it's always been a relaxing, predictable and very professional experience.’
- ‘The funds group at MWE has a number of really great partners, however, we've only had the pleasure of working with David Nestler for all of our work. The best thing about David is he never guesses, he always has experience dealing with each problem we encounter, and he always is the voice of reason in a room.’
Key clients
- H.I.G. Capital (including affiliates H.I.G. Realty and H.I.G. WhiteHorse)
- Boyne Capital
- Martis Capital
- iCapital Network
- Lorient Capital
- Great Point Partners
- 3 Boomerang Capital
- S3 Capital
- WestCap Management
- Speyside Equity Advisors
- Elements Health Investors Management
- DW Partners
- Rock Island Capital
- Performant Capital
- Five Arrows Capital Partners
- O’Brien-Staley Partners
- Multicoin Capital
- Stockdale Street
- ARCIS Group
- Ember Company
Work highlights
- Represented H.I.G. Capital as investment fund counsel in connection with the formation of and fundraising for H.I.G. Middle Market LBO Fund IV and associated co-investment separately managed accounts that closed together, aggregated USD6 billion.
- Represented Martis Capital as investment fund counsel in connection with the formation of and fundraising for Martis Partners IV, a healthcare private equity fund that is targeting capital commitments of $750 million.
- Represented Lorient Capital as investment fund counsel in connection with the formation of and fundraising for a continuation vehicle that was led on the LP side by the Ares and Pantheon to invest in ShiftKey.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ian Schwartz