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Fund structures that LatAm’s busiest lawyers are setting up

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

Latin America’s (LatAm’s) busiest lawyers are currently working on are private equity funds, niche funds, infrastructure funds and agriculture funds, stated Martin Litwak, founder and partner at international law firm Litwak & Partners during the recent Opalesque 2016 LatAm Roundtable.

Litwak said, "Let me also share how the regional asset management industry has developed over time. Ten years ago, most of our work was in hedge funds. We got calls from a Brazilian manager based here from Brickell and, when we asked what he wanted, we heard: 'a hedge fund.’ And another one from Peru, 'I’d like a hedge fund.’ Now, we still set up hedge funds, but actually most of the funds we work on now are private equity funds, niche funds, infrastructure funds and agriculture funds."

He added that managers in the alternative investment industry are much more sophisticated and have learned a lot during the last decade.

LatAm countries are in better shape for investment

Litwak also explained that LatAm countries are now in a better shape for investment. Indeed, there are plenty of investments going on in Argentina these days. Over the last six months, the volume of M&A in Argentina has been crazy, mostly from Argentineans buying out companies "because they feel comfortable already with the current red......................

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