Investment Management

We represent more than 400 hedge fund, private equity fund and fund-of-funds managers and thousands of investment funds globally.

• Activist
• Commodities
• Credit and high-yield
• Credit opportunity
• Distressed
• Emerging markets
• Energy
• Event-driven
• Global macro
• Hybrid
• Lending
• Leveraged buyout
• Long/short equity
• Multi-manager
• Multi-strategy
• Principal protected
• Private equity
• Quantitative
• Real estate
• Relative value
• Venture capital

Schulte is also one of only a few law firms with a dedicated group of lawyers who focus on regulatory and compliance matters particular to hedge funds. With this specialized knowledge and our long history in the market, it is no surprise that we serve as principal counsel to many of the leading domestic and international funds and fund managers.

We understand the hedge fund industry from both a legal and a business perspective and have been involved in the formation of every type of hedge fund, from activist funds, sector funds, and long-short equity funds to fixed-income arbitrage, commodity pools, and funds of funds. Schulte is one of only a few law firms with a dedicated group of lawyers who focus on regulatory and compliance matters within the hedge fund practice. We regularly advise fund managers on fund structuring and marketing, investments and bankruptcy proceedings, compliance and litigation, and management structures and agreements.

Schulte has a premier private funds practice and is counsel to over 100 private equity firms. Our lawyers are involved in every aspect of private equity firms, from structuring of funds, formation of management entities and representation of general partners in their negotiation with investors, to representation of funds in their investments, realization and exit strategies. We also provide extensive legal advice in connection with private equity fund governance, management succession planning and regulatory compliance.

An integral part of Schulte’s premier Investment Management Group, our nationally recognized regulated funds practice advises clients on the establishment and operation of registered closed-end funds, business development companies, mutual funds, interval funds and other products regulated under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).