Willa Legal is a trusted award-winning boutique Hong Kong law firm offering private investment funds related legal services. Our clients are primarily fund sponsors, fund managers, fund investors and family offices.
Willa Legal’s specialized services for fund managers
Willa Legal advises fund sponsors, asset managers and financial institutions on establishing and growing their funds business and their fund management platforms and supports them on ongoing operations at all stages of the lifecycle of their funds:
- fund formation – structure, draft and negotiate offering documents (e.g. LPA, PPM, side letters etc), and coordinate closings/subscriptions for funds with various investment strategies (e.g. hedge, private equity, venture capital, distressed asset, credit, fixed income, index, real estate, pre-IPO investments, art etc) and of different fund structures, such as:
- Hong Kong limited partnership fund (LPF);
- Hong Kong open-ended fund company (OFC);
- Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (ELP);
- Cayman Islands Segregated Portfolio Companies (SPC); and
- British Virgin Islands limited partnership (BVI LP).
- fund raising – review pitch materials and provide Hong Kong securities laws advice on fund raising and marketing.
- fund operation – draft and review documents for transfer, distributions, redemptions, dissolution and termination.
Willa Legal’s specialized services for family offices
Willa Legal advises families and family offices on their set up, ownership structure and management structure. Willa Legal also drafts and reviews the legal documents with regards to the structures and plans based on the intent, short-term and long-term plans of the families and family offices.
Willa Legal’s specialized services for fund investors
Willa Legal advises fund investors on its investment in private funds and discretionary accounts. Willa Legal drafts, reviews and negotiates fund / investment agreements and side letters.
Willa Legal’s specialized services for other law firms
Willa Legal works with other law firms which do not have a funds practice or a Hong Kong office on private funds matters. In particular, Willa Legal is very strong in Hong Kong fund vehicles (e.g. Hong Kong limited partnership fund (LPF) and Hong Kong open-ended fund companies (OFC)) and Hong Kong securities laws advice relating to fund distribution, marketing and ongoing compliance.
Why work with us
- We offer specialized, pragmatic, flexible and efficient legal services for private investment funds.
- We understand the needs of our clients in different stages of a fund's lifecycle.
- We are a specialist law firm focusing on the private investment funds sector.
