SCOTT MACDONALD is a partner in the firm’s Investment Funds practice group in the New York office. Scott focuses his practice on the representation of fund sponsors in the structuring, formation and operation of private investment funds, including private equity, real estate, infrastructure, natural resources, food and agriculture, hedge and hybrid funds, as well as funds of funds. He also advises fund sponsors in the formation, operation and regulatory compliance of their investment advisers and related entities.
In addition, Scott represents prominent institutional investors in connection with their investments in leading private investment funds, separate and/or managed accounts, co-investments and acquisitions of interests in fund sponsors and otherwise.
Scott is ranked in the 2022 edition of Chambers Global for Investment Funds: Investor Representation – USA. Clients describe him as “very knowledgeable about the terms that are market.” Scott is ranked in the 2021 edition of Chambers USA for Investment Funds: Limited Partner Representation. He is also recommended in Investment Management Fund Formation and Management: Private Funds in The Legal 500. Sidley’s Investment Funds practice team consistently wins top awards in the private funds industry, including as a two-time winner of Chambers and Partners’ “Investment Funds Team of the Year for the U.S.”