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We have a leading international practice representing governmental and other institutional investors in structuring and negotiating investments, such as:

• Buyout funds
• Venture capital funds
• Real estate funds
• Natural resource and real asset funds
• Absolute return funds
• Fixed income funds
• Distressed debt and special situation funds
• Funds of funds

The firm’s attorneys have deep experience with the wide range of specific listed and unlisted investment instruments our sovereign clients employ, including:

• Long and sort equity and fixed-income investments
• Junk bonds (including a large and active work-out team)
• Credit default swaps (including LCDS)
• Futures contracts and related options
• Foreign currency futures, forwards, and options
• Forward, when-issued, and delayed-delivery transactions
• Interest rate, total return, currency, and other swaps
• Loans and loan participations
• Structured notes and other structured products( including CDOs)

Our attorneys also provide detailed review of all aspects of investment management arrangements and programs, including:

• Investment guidelines and regulations
• Fee arrangements
• Brokerage/trading arrangements
• Indemnities
• Tax and corporate action issues
• Diligence on advisers’ internal controls
• Transition management arrangements
• Investment advisory mandates
• SEC and CFTC compliance

Ropes & Gray also provides strategic structuring of real estate investments, including throughprivate real estate investment trusts (REITs) and leverage blockers. Attorneys in our market-leading real estate, private equity and environmental practices collaborate to provide seamless advice and counsel on myriad investment situations, including:

• Equity investments
• Joint ventures
• Anchor fund and co-investment commitments