JAMES BOLOGNA practices in the Investment Funds practice in the firm’s New York office. James’ practice includes advising investment managers with the formation and offering of hedge funds and registered funds. James’ practice also includes negotiating and advising clients in connection with a wide variety of derivatives and trading documentation, including ISDA Master Agreements, prime brokerage, master confirmations, futures clearing arrangements and repurchase agreements.
Sidley’s Investment Funds practice team has won numerous top awards as a provider of legal services to the private funds industry: two-time winner of Chambers and Partners’ “Investment Funds Team of the Year for the U.S.”; Institutional Investor’s Alpha magazine’s 2014 Alpha Awards top “onshore” (U.S.) law firm serving the hedge fund industry; four-time recipient of first-tier national rankings in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings for Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law, and Derivatives and Futures Law; and ranked in the top band for Hedge Funds by Chambers USA every year since 2008.