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Omar advises private fund sponsors, investment managers, and investment advisers on fund formation and sponsor-side transactions, drawing on deep in-house and private-practice experience in the private funds and private credit space. He focuses on the formation and structuring of a wide range of investment vehicles, including private equity, private credit, hedge, venture, real estate, and permanent-capital vehicles, as well as fund-of-funds and customized fund structures.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Represented multiple private credit fund managers in connection with the formation and launch of both closed end direct lending funds, co-investment vehicles, and evergreen private credit fund structures for US and non-US investors (namely, levered-blocker feeder, rated feeders and "season and sell" structures).
Represented numerous venture capital firms in connection with the recent successful launch of early and growth-stage funds ranging from $100 million to $3 billion focused on fintech, life sciences and biotechnology sectors.
Represented a private equity investment adviser as transactional counsel on its sale of a 20% interest in the firm to certain strategic investors.
Representative Experience
Represented multiple private credit fund managers in connection with the formation and launch of both closed end direct lending funds, co-investment vehicles, and evergreen private credit fund structures for US and non-US investors (namely, levered-blocker feeder, rated feeders and "season and sell" structures).
Represented numerous venture capital firms in connection with the recent successful launch of early and growth-stage funds ranging from $100 million to $3 billion focused on fintech, life sciences and biotechnology sectors.
Represented a private equity investment adviser as transactional counsel on its sale of a 20% interest in the firm to certain strategic investors.
Represented a private credit investment adviser as sponsor-side counsel on its sale of a minority interest to a global investment management firm.
Represented institutional and private fund managers, including long-only, fixed income, long-short equity, quantitative, emerging/frontier markets, credit/distressed credit, venture capital, growth equity and fund-of-funds in the launch of open-end, closed-end, and hybrid style funds with raises ranging from $150 million to $2 billion and representing such managers with respect to ongoing regulatory and compliance matters.
Represented registered investment advisers in connection with recent successful launches of a number of infrastructure funds focused on the food, water, waste and (both traditional and renewable) energy sectors, as well as the industrial and transportation sectors.
Represented a hedge fund manager as sponsor-side counsel on a sale of a minority interest in the firm to an investor group led by Leucadia Asset Management that involved a buyout of a minority interest held by another GP stakes investor.
Represented a credit-oriented hedge fund manager in connection with the structuring and eventual restructuring relating to its funds and management entities.
Represented a quantitative hedge fund in connection with significant seed capital transaction from family office and launch of fund structure.
Represented a U.S.-registered investment adviser on the formation and operation of trade finance funds.
Represented U.S.-based real estate investment advisers in a capital raise for many real estate focused funds, including multi-family residential real estate focused funds, commercial real estate projects and 1031 exchange focused funds ranging from $100 million to over $1 billion, and a dedicated high-net worth feeder fund organized to invest primarily in data center developments in the Eastern United States.
Credentials
Education
Education
- Boston College Law School, 2007, J.D.
- College of the Holy Cross, 2002, B.A.
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- Massachusetts
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