David A. Form

DAVID FORM focuses his practice on hedge funds, credit funds, and other private investment products and their investment advisers in connection with corporate, regulatory, and compliance matters. David’s clients implement a broad variety of strategies and range in size from startup managers to large institutional advisers. David was shortlisted by Euromoney Legal Media Group for its second annual Americas Rising Stars Awards under the category of investment funds and won that organization’s 2019 “Deal of the Year” award for his work on the launch of ExodusPoint’s flagship hedge fund, which was reported by news outlets to be the largest hedge fund startup launch in history. David has also been recognized as a “Rising Star” by Law360 in the Fund Formation category (2020), and by Who’s Who Legal as a leading Private Funds formation lawyer (2022). He has also been recognized by Chambers USA (Nationwide, 2025–2026) for his work in Hedge Funds.

David’s representative matters include:

• Formation and launch of newly formed hedge funds;
• Formation and launch of closed-end and evergreen credit funds;
• Negotiation of single investor funds, separately managed account agreements, and side letters;
• Negotiation of seed capital and minority interest arrangements; and
• Development of fund management company operating agreements.

David previously served as an in-house lawyer and chief compliance officer for a startup asset manager focused on quantitative-based equity market-neutral strategies. Drawing on this experience, David regularly advises clients on various regulatory and compliance matters from an in-house perspective. 

Sidley’s award-winning Investment Funds group provides top-tier service to all aspects of the private funds industry. Chambers USA has awarded the group top band rankings in Hedge Funds every year since 2008. Sidley has also been named “Law Firm of the Year” in Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law in U.S. News – Best Lawyers 2022 “Best Law Firms.”