William D. Kerr
Securities and Derivatives Enforcement and Regulatory
Financial Services
Representative transactions include:
- manager and fund start-ups
- stock exchange listed funds
- redomiciliations of funds
- hybrid funds
- feeder fund and managed account platforms
- seed capital investments in advisers and funds
- fund derivatives
- manager acquisitions and joint ventures
In 2013, the Investment Funds, Advisers and Derivatives practice was named “Investment Funds Team of the Year for the U.S.” by Chambers and Partners, the second time the group has achieved this designation, having also won the award in 2008. In addition, Sidley has been ranked in the top band for hedge funds by Chambers USA every year since the inception of such category in 2008. Sidley also received first-tier national rankings in the 2013 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings for Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law, and Derivatives and Futures Law. Sidley received these national rankings for the third consecutive year and each year since the survey’s inception.
Bill has spoken at Sidley-sponsored and external conferences on fund-related topics. Bill was named Best Lawyers’ 2014 Chicago Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law “Lawyer of the Year” in The Best Lawyers in America and has also been highly ranked in publications such as Chambers Global (Band 1) and Chambers USA (Band 1) for Investment Funds: Hedge Funds, PLC Which Lawyer?, The Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal. In Chambers USA, clients described him as “a highly experienced attorney who really ‘exemplifies the qualities of the firm.’”
经验
- 代理事宜
Recent representative transactions include:
- Represented Gresham Partners in connection with the formation of a fund designed to access U.S. and international private equity investment funds and other illiquid equity investments.
- Represented Magnetar Financial LLC in connection with the formation of three single-purpose energy acquisition vehicles.
- Represented III Capital Management in the formation of four new credit and rate focused hedge funds.
- Represented Deutsche Bank in the formation of a fund focused on energy retrofit investments.
- Represented III Capital Management in the redomiciliation of a Cayman Islands fixed income fund to Ireland.
- Represented Lighthouse Investment Partners in relation to launch of three funds of funds.
- Represented Magnetar Financial LLC in relation to launch of a fund focused on investments in real estate rental properties.
新闻与观点
证书
执业资格及证书
- 美国伊利诺州
- 美国纽约州
学历和教育
- 美国哈佛大学法学院, 法学博士, 1983
- Yale University, 文学学士, 1980 (cum laude)