Blake E. Estes

Partner,

New York

Phone: +1 212 210 9415
Email: blake.estes@alston.com

Using a highly commercial approach, Blake works with clients to develop and negotiate strategic relationships and guides them through complex, intersecting regulatory frameworks. Blake provides actionable advice on a wide range of financial services and products, including those situated at the intersection of finance and technology.

Alternative Investment Funds

Representing multiple sponsors of BDCs, REITs and registered closed-end funds.
Representing multiple wirehouse distributors in the sale of BDCs, REITs, interval funds, and other registered closed-end funds.
Representing a manager of venture equity and venture debt BDCs.
Representing a manager of funds and managed accounts investing in mortgage servicing rights.
Representing a manager of farmland funds.
Representing a manager of funds investing in early-stage crafts spirits manufacturers.
Representing a manager of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainability investments in all aspects of its business, including a management company recapitalization, the continuous public offering of its fund's interests, and an adviser examination by the SEC.
Represented a manager of litigation finance investments in all aspects of its business, including capital raising and portfolio acquisitions.
Represented a manager of biotechnology company investments in the launch of a registered closed-end fund offering.
Represented a manager of conservation-based real estate investments.
Represented a manager of timberland investments.

Advised on the roll-up of multiple U.S.-based infrastructure funds into a new offshore vehicle to be listed on a European exchange.
Restructured and redomiciled a hedge fund employing a relative-value arbitrage strategy.

Derivatives & Structured Products

Representing a leading asset manager in connection with all of its derivatives trading.
Representing a U.S.-based energy company in connection with all of its hedging activities.
Representing a global bank in the issuance of credit-linked notes.
Representing a global bank in the unwinding of a credit-linked notes program.
Representing the investment management arm of a global asset manager with all aspects of its derivatives trading program.
Representing the investment management arm of a multibillion-dollar family office based in New York in the launch and maintenance of its derivatives trading and synthetic financing programs.
Underwriters' counsel in the structuring, negotiation, and documentation of the forward sale component of an at-the-market equity distribution program for a REIT issuer.
Representing a national bank in the structuring, launch, and maintenance of its energy hedging program for buy-side clients.
Representing corporate end-users in the negotiation and documentation of hedging arrangements for credit facilities.
Represented issuers and underwriters in complex cash and synthetic structured financing transactions, including CLOs, CDOs, ABCP facilities, and total return swaps.
Represented the prime brokerage desk of a market-leading global bank in the negotiation and documentation of all its derivatives and financing documentation with hedge fund clients.
Represented a bankrupt energy trading firm in the disposition of its derivatives book.
Representing a digital assets custodian, exchange platform, and payments system in various regulatory matters.
Representing a peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange platform with FinCEN registration, money transmission licensing, and general corporate governance matters.
Representing an Asia-based digital asset exchange in the expansion of its operations into the U.S., advising on general corporate governance, anti-money laundering (AML), money transmission licensing, and broker-dealer regulatory issues.
Representing a leading B2B e-commerce company in the tokenization of its platform.
Represented a technology platform for processing and servicing retail investments in alternative investment products.

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