Credit Funds

Credit investors today are navigating rapidly changing market conditions and an increasingly competitive environment for deals.

Our investment management team are market leaders in the representation of fund sponsors in the credit space, including trading and investment strategies involving bank debt, bonds, trade claims and other credit instruments, distressed debt and equity, loan origination, structured credit (including, mortgage-back, asset-back, collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs)), mezzanine debt and nonperforming loan pools.

Our long commitment to serving private fund manager clients has allowed us to develop creative structures in dealing with the tax and liquidity issues associated with credit investing. Credit investing often leads to novel terms with funds being structured as open-end, close-end or in hybrid models. Tax advice is integral to the process of developing of fund structures that will provide both managers and their investors with the best after-tax returns.

Our firm not only works on the fund formation, tax and regulatory aspects associated with credit funds, but provides top-shelf advice in all aspects of the investment process from counterparty negotiations, trade compliance, debt finance, capital markets, financial restructuring and the impact of governmental regulation on the debt markets. Our deep experience supports our credit managers so they can nimbly seize on market opportunities to execute their business strategy.

Many of the most active funds in the market work with our formidable financial restructuring team, structuring novel debt and equity investments in companies seeking flexible financing. This gives us extensive visibility and unique insight into what’s market—including cutting-edge financing structures and tax strategies. Clients rely on us for long-term and nontraditional investments involving a mix of complex economic and governance considerations.