Melissa Kinsmore-Ward, Counsel, Investment Management

Melissa Kinsmore-Ward

Counsel

Areas of Focus

Melissa Kinsmore-Ward, Counsel, Investment Management

Melissa Kinsmore-Ward

Counsel

melissa.kinsmore-ward@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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  • Advises managers in the investment management industry, assisting with the formation and ongoing operation of alternative investment products.

Melissa Kinsmore-Ward’s practice focuses primarily on the investment management industry, advising managers on the structuring, formation and operation of their alternative investment products, including hedge funds, credit funds and hybrid funds, in a variety of jurisdictions, both onshore and offshore.

Melissa drafts and negotiates the terms of documents related to the formation and operation of investment funds, including:

  • Offering documents
  • Operating agreements
  • Seed agreements
  • Administrative agreements
  • “Upper tier” management agreements
  • Side letters.

She also provides advice on:

  • Spin-outs and seed capital arrangements
  • “Upper tier” structuring
  • Investment manager restructurings.

Prior to joining Akin, Melissa trained at a large London-based international law firm and spent time on secondment in both New York and Tokyo.

Education
  • L.P.C., BPP University Law School, England, 2012

  • LL.B., University of Warwick, 2011

  • M.B.A., BPP University, 2014

Bar Admissions
  • Solicitor, England and Wales

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