Travers Thorp Alberga recently announced the addition of former Herbert Smith partner and FourWinds Capital Management general counsel Louise Freestone to its corporate and funds team.  Freestone was a partner at legacy Herbert Smith until 2008, when she joined investment management company FourWinds as general counsel.  Her expertise as general counsel includes structuring, launching and managing private equity and hedge funds and other pooled investment vehicles in the natural resources and commodities sector.  For more about investments in the natural resources sector, see “Tax and Structuring Considerations for Funds Organized to Invest in Master Limited Partnerships,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 6, No. 30 (Aug. 1, 2013).  For more about commodities, see “Rules Against ‘Spoofing’ and Other Disruptive Trading in Futures, Swaps and Options,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 7, No. 42 (Nov. 6, 2014); and “National Futures Association Director of Compliance, Patricia L. Cushing, Discusses the Chief Regulatory Obstacles Faced by Hedge Fund Managers When Marketing Commodity Funds,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 6, No. 41 (Oct. 25, 2013).