Willkie Expands Asset Management Practice in London

On June 15, 2015, Willkie Farr & Gallagher announced that investment funds lawyer Solomon Wifa has joined the firm as a partner in London.  Wifa has represented sponsors in the formation of, and institutional investors with respect to their investments in, global private equity, hedge, buyout, mezzanine and venture capital funds.  For insight from Willkie, see “Is the Use of an Independent Valuation Firm Superior to a Manager’s Internal Valuation Process?,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 8, No. 16 (Apr. 23, 2015); “SEC No-Action Letter Suggests That There May Be Circumstances in which Recipients of Transaction-Based Compensation Do Not Have to Register as Brokers,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 7, No. 7 (Feb. 21, 2014); and “Investment Research and Insider Trading on ‘Outside Information’,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 4, No. 29 (Aug. 25, 2011).

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