M. MacRae Robinson

• Structured a Delaware series protected limited partnership offering focused on real estate investments.
• Structured a multi-class, multijurisdictional master feeder fund of funds.
• Structured a venture capital studio and negotiated anchor investment consisting of in-kind contributions from a publicly traded company.
• Represented a private fund sponsor in the formation, launch, and closing of successive multi-strategy fund of funds focused on venture capital, private equity and distressed real estate.
• Structured multiple venture capital access funds and negotiated framework agreements for their investment into underlying venture capital funds.
• Structured multiple private equity access funds and negotiated framework agreements for their investment into underlying private equity funds.
• Structured numerous fund-of-fund vehicles focused on wide range of underlying investment strategies including venture capital, private equity, and real estate development.
• Structured a variety of captive vehicles for ultra-high net worth and family offices.
• Structured multiple funds of one for ultra-high net worth and family offices.
• Structured a digital asset hedge fund that focused on onshore and offshore digital asset investments.
• Advised an international commodity hedge fund sponsor on various securities laws and compliance matters including periodic securities filings (E.g., Form PF, Form SLT, Form BC, Form D, Form ADV, and blue sky filings) and a side letter monitoring program.

MacRae Robinson is a senior associate in the Investment Funds Group and a member of the Private Funds Team. MacRae focuses his practice on alternative investment funds and advises both sponsor and LP clients on a wide range of private fund matters and various corporate transactions, including private placements, capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, registration and compliance, and general corporate matters.

MacRae has extensive experience navigating the spectrum of alternative asset classes including venture capital, private equity, and hedge fund, as well as a broad array of structures including access funds, master-feeder funds, funds-of-funds, captive vehicles, funds of one, and separately managed accounts. He also represents a wide range of investment advisers and private fund sponsors in registration, securities, compliance, and general corporate matters.

MacRae was previously an attorney at an international law firm and at a Charlotte-based national law firm, where he focused on alternative investment funds and advised private funds and private fund sponsors on a wide range of securities, compliance, and corporate matters. MacRae has also served as an assistant vice president on the fund-linked products desk at an international financial institution, where he specialized in providing structured liquidity to various alternative fund structures.

MacRae has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America^® “Ones to Watch” in the Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law categories.

Bar Admissions

• New York
• North Carolina

Education

• The University of North Carolina (J.D., 2015)
• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., 2011)

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