M. MacRae Robinson

• 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.
• Represented a fund sponsor in the formation, launch and closing of successive multi-strategy fund structures.
• 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.
• Structured two digital asset hedge funds that employed various yield-farming strategies across a range of digital assets.
• Structured a real estate fund targeting investments in mixed-use, commercial properties.
• Advised a registered investment adviser through state level examinations.
• Structured an IP fund focused on the commercialization of patents.
• Structured a structured note fund.

MacRae Robinson is a senior associate in Alston & Bird’s Financial Services & Products Group, where he is a member of the firm’s Investment Management, Trading & Markets Team. MacRae 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, and general corporate matters. MacRae has extensive experience representing venture capital funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, access funds, and funds-of-funds. He has also represented a wide range of investment advisers and private fund sponsors in formation, registration, securities, compliance, and corporate matters.

Before joining the firm, MacRae was an attorney at an international law firm and at a Charlotte-based national law firm, where he 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 Credit Suisse, where he structured credit facilities for various fund structures.

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)

Memberships