Scale’s Private Fund Group offers guidance on all aspects of investment vehicle and investment fund formation, management and compliance. We assist sponsors in the formation of new private investment vehicles as well as  LPs investing in funds. Our attorneys have assisted private equity, hedge fund, growth equity, venture capital, real estate and debt strategies and other managers with primary operations and/or investments both in the US and offshore. We have represented other investment fund market participants, including placement agents, family offices, high net worth individuals, large corporations, and foundations in a range of transactions, including limited partner commitments to investment funds. As a leader in representing growth enterprises, technology, and entrepreneurs, Scale also assists platform and fintech sponsors, and our Private Fund Group has extensive experience with first-time fund sponsors.

Our Private Funds Group attorneys regularly draw upon their experience in the following areas:

• Federal and state securities law matters
• Tax structuring
• Compliance
• Delaware limited partnership and LLC law
• Broker-dealer, Investment Adviser Act, and Investment Company Act regulatory matters‍

The Private Fund Group has significant expertise in the regulatory aspects of investment funds. We help clients operate effectively and efficiently in compliance with the increasingly complex regulatory regimes that apply to private funds and investment management firms, including with respect to:

• Investment Advisers Act considerations, including registration and ongoing compliance obligations
• Complex structuring under the Investment Company Act
• Broker-dealer regulation and FINRA obligations
• Regulation D/Regulation S and other private placements under the Securities Act‍

Fiduciary duties of fund managers and board designees under Delaware law.