Private Investment Funds

Private equity funds act as catalysts for development, innovation, and economic growth. Through investments in companies and assets, they create jobs, support technological advancements, and future-proof infrastructure. These funds help shape the surrounding society through their investments. As significant societal players, private equity funds are closely monitored by the public, media, and politicians who assess their behaviour against current standards of corporate governance, stewardship, transparency, sustainability, social responsibility, tax ethics, and more.

The private equity model is inherently detached from traditional jurisdictional boundaries. While the regulatory framework for private equity funds is regional, investors' expectations for local fund structures and terms are informed by their global investment activities. The general balance between managers’ and investors’ interests shifts with economic developments. However, the industry is a people's business, where key mechanisms for motivating and disciplining behaviour are based on dialogue and trust, which can vary from manager to manager.

In other words, private equity funds operate in a dynamic, challenging, and complex reality.

At Plesner’s Private Investment Funds team, we see it as a privilege to be part of the private equity industry’s ecosystem. We assist fund managers in navigating this complexity with a core principle of fostering balanced, trustworthy, transparent, and long-term relationships – genuine partnerships – between private equity funds and their investors.

Plesner’s Private Investment Funds team, encompassing areas such as Fund Formation, GP Advisory, LP Advisory, Regulatory Solutions, and Investor & Market Intelligence, assists fund managers with the legal aspects related to designing, structuring, fundraising, and operating private equity strategies, and helps investors assess the legal risks associated with investing in private equity funds.