Alston & Bird’s derivative lawyers focus on derivatives as a strategic business tool. They assist clients in all aspects of derivatives, including the structuring of products and transactions, regulatory and insolvency considerations, documentation and dispute resolution. Our attorneys have experience as both external and internal counsel for dealers, end users and derivative exchanges, and are familiar with the organizational structures that have been built around derivatives businesses. Our attorneys also have experience in conducting and responding to government investigations and the uses and potential abuses of derivatives. Our attorneys have developed and reviewed policies and procedures to manage the legal, regulatory and documentation risk associated with the use of derivative products, and we have worked with clients, including those in the energy sector, to develop operational procedures for complex and dynamic derivatives-based investment strategies.
Alston & Bird’s hedge fund and alternative investment attorneys have substantial experience in the structuring, formation and management of hedge funds, publicly offered and privately placed commodity pools and private equity funds. Our attorneys have expertise in a broad range of complicated legal issues facing hedge fund and private equity funds. We regularly advise hedge funds, private equity funds and “fund of funds” operating in various jurisdictions and across a multitude of industry sectors, including the energy sector. We possess considerable expertise in the formation of alternative investment funds and readily assist clients in deciding whether they should utilize side-by-side, master-feeder, trust or segregated portfolio company structures. We design and structure both public and private commodity pools, and form the entities through which the commodity pools will operate.
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