Matthew Evans

Matt has deep experience navigating complex fund structures, investor negotiations, and cross-border transactions. Matt’s practice covers a wide range of investment work, including the formation, operation and restructuring of private funds, secondary sales, joint ventures, and managed accounts. He has advised institutional investors around the world (including pension funds, state plans, funds-of-funds and family offices) on more than US$5 billion of investments.

Experience

Representative matters

Launching an Irish umbrella ICAV focused on originating commercial real estate loans with a €250 million managed account sub-fund established for a global real estate firm and a €400 million pooled sub-fund.

Launching concurrent €100 million ‘sister’ funds targeting investments in Polish and Portuguese light industrial and commercial real estate and structured to raise capital through equity subscriptions, bond issues and bank debt.

Winding-up a £650 million closed-ended UK property fund with a portfolio of core retail assets; advising the operator on regulatory and contractual duties.

Establishing an FCA authorised asset manager; advising on carried interest and holding arrangements between principals, team members and a seed investor; closing two opportunistic funds: a €300 million credit fund and a €500 million real estate fund.

Establishing a Cayman Islands domiciled hedge fund focused on achieving long term capital growth by investing in maritime transportation through forward freight agreements; advising on regulatory matters including AIFMD.

Acting for a global investment firm on multiple managed account structures for its institutional investor clients investing in private funds, usually structured as closed-ended limited partnerships or contractual managed accounts.

Advising a UK pension scheme on the redeployment of its £1.2 billion portfolio into a number of mandates, including a buy and maintain mandate with Legal & General, managed accounts with BlueBay Asset Management and JPMorgan Asset Management and an open-ended fund managed by M&G Alternatives investing in securitised credit.

Advising a US state investment board on $450 million of investments into a series closed-ended funds focused on controlling equity and equity-like investments in industry-leading businesses in Asia.

Advising a Swiss family office in relation to a number of investments, including a Luxembourg partnership focused on investments public companies in North America and a Luxembourg umbrella investment company investing in consumer businesses based in Asia and the Middle East.

Launching two Guernsey corporate funds to originate and acquire commercial real estate loans backed by cash-flowing properties located throughout Europe, including distressed and NPL positions, totaling fundraising in excess of $500 million.

Launching an Irish umbrella ICAV focused on originating commercial real estate loans with a €250 million managed account sub-fund established for a global real estate firm

Advising a UK pension scheme on the redeployment of its £1.2 billion portfolio into a number of OCIO mandates and underlying fund investments..

Advising a real estate focused alternative investment group on a €300 million real estate joint venture focusing on the redevelopment and letting of hospitality assets in southern Europe.

Advising a real estate fund manager on the launch of a €300 million Luxembourg fund seeking investing in NPLs, recapitalisations and high-yield debt in the European office, industrial, residential, hospitality and retail real estate sectors.

Advising a US state investment board on $450 million of investments into a series closed-ended funds focused on controlling equity and equity-like investments in industry-leading businesses in Asia.

Acting for European-focused investment manager on on various real estate joint ventures including the development of a luxury resort in Greece and the redevelopment of a mixed-use property in Germany.