Heather Wyckoff helps form complex hedge funds, private credit, real estate and other real asset funds, venture capital/growth equity funds, and other private equity funds. She advises clients on operational and regulatory matters. She has particular experience in semi-liquid and evergreen funds in illiquid asset classes, including hedge funds with substantial private investment portfolios, slow-pay private credit funds, and evergreen real estate, agriculture, and other real asset funds. Heather is adept at forming funds with bespoke and complex structures for marketing and investing globally. Additionally, Heather represents fund managers and institutional investors in the negotiation of seed deals, co-investment vehicles, “funds of one,” and other strategic relationships.
Heather is a recognized industry speaker on topics including semi-liquid and evergreen funds, private credit, capital raising, seed capital arrangements, and various regulatory issues. She has been quoted in numerous industry publications, including Pensions & Investments, Bloomberg, and Buyouts.
Heather is a leading investment funds lawyer listed in Crain’s New York Business 2023 “Notable Women in Law” and The Hedge Fund Journal “50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds” in 2022. She’s also been recognized by The Legal 500 in the private equity funds category and IFLR1000’s Banking, Finance and Transactional Law Expert Guide.