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The Law Office of Charles E. Hall Jr., specializes in investment management and investment company law, particularly for hedge fund managers and commodity pool operators. We work solely on a flat fee basis, so there are no hidden fees or extra charges. As a valued client, we perform your work and absorb any charges that exceed our agreement with you. We have been drafting private placement memorandums and providing legal advice for investment advisory clients since 2003. If you are seeking an affordable alternative to doing business, visit our website at www.cehalljr.com or call us at 717-258-0701

Aibara & Reed PLLC is a leading full service law firm specializing in Hedge Funds (investment partnerships and companies) and all other aspects of the investment management industry. The firm is primarily focused on, but is not limited to, assisting clients in the forming and structuring of a variety of both domestic and offshore hedge funds, master feeder structures and fund of funds, private equity funds and ensuring compliance with applicable state, federal, and international laws and regulations, and preparing all of the relevant documents to set up the entity efficiently. Other areas of practices are real estate, wills, trusts & estates, entertainment, personal injury, family law and commercial litigation.

Cobb & Associates PC is a specialized boutique law firm devoted exclusively to serving the alternative investment community. The Firm’s business goal is to provide the breadth and expertise of a large firm across all key practice areas while offering the cost competitiveness, accessibility and flexible approach typically found only at smaller firms. The Firm is particularly active in furnishing legal and business advice to startup managers. The principal of the Firm, Jeffrey Cobb, has over 30 years’ experience in the investment management area, including 12 years at Schulte Roth & Zabel, where he was a partner. Clients are based both in the greater New York metropolitan area as well as nationwide and include over 200 hedge funds and offshore funds, funds of funds, registered investment advisers and broker-dealers. The Firm advises as to structuring and formation, agreements among principals, funding and marketing arrangements, securities law matters, federal and state taxation, ERISA issues, commodities regulation, Blue Sky registration and SEC and state registration and reporting matters, as well as providing ongoing compliance services, including, compliance manuals and guidance, mock audits and SEC examination issues. In addition, the Firm represents fund managers and other clients on legal matters affecting small businesses generally.

We have substantial experience forming and structuring a wide variety of investment funds including hedge funds, offshore funds, fund of funds, master feeder structures, commodity pools, private equity funds, and registered investment companies. We also advise on all aspects of fund operations, registration, and compliance matters for registered investment advisers, registered investment companies, investment advisory agreements, and agreements with other service providers and placement agents.

Baker Donelson was ranked by The National Law Journal in 2007 as one of the 100 largest law firms in the country. Through strategic acquisitions and mergers over the past 100 years, Baker Donelson has grown to include more than 530 attorneys and public policy and international advisors. Baker Donelson's headquarters are centrally located in Memphis, Tennessee with offices throughout the Southeastern United States, as well as Washington, DC and Beijing, China. Our attorneys are licensed in over 30 jurisdictions, including NY & CA. Baker Donelson's alternative investment practice includes fund/adviser formation, on-going compliance advice, SEC/AML audit preparation and ERISA/tax matters, as well as expertise in broker/dealer matters.

Sadis and Goldberg LLP is a leading New York based law firm focused on delivering sophisticated and creative solutions in a highly professional manner. The Global Firm is internationally recognized for its formidable financial services practice that consists of representing hundreds of investment advisers and related investment entities (including hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds). Similarly, the Firm provides regulatory and compliance advice and representation in connection with SEC enforcement proceedings. Notwithstanding the emphasis on the financial services industry, the firm also provides a full range of litigation, real estate, intellectual property and corporate services to our clients.

Bressler, Amery & Ross is nationally recognized for its practice in the area of securities litigation and regulation. For over 30 years, we have represented financial institutions, individuals, investment and financial advisory firms, and investment funds and advisors before state and federal courts and regulatory bodies throughout the nation. Our clients include many of the leading national brokerage and clearing firms, as well as regional firms. The firm defends brokerage firms, hedge funds, hedge fund advisors and consultants, and associated persons in individual actions, class actions, and mass action litigation in state and federal courts and in arbitrations before the securities industry’s self-regulatory organizations and the American Arbitration Association. These cases include allegations such as misrepresentation, due diligence, fraud, unsuitability, churning, conflicts of interest involving firm research departments and individual research analysts, improper mutual fund sales practices, fraud in underwriting, and other similar issues. Despite our expertise in these areas, our practice extends well beyond litigation and arbitration. We represent firms and associated persons in connection with formal and informal regulatory and law enforcement inquiries and disciplinary proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, state regulatory bodies, and state attorneys general. We advise our clients on internal policies and procedures designed to minimize the risk of litigation or regulatory inquiries and proceedings and assist with intercompany and industry agreements and disputes. We also provide advice in the formation and registration of broker-dealers, the transfer and ownership of existing firms, and firm and individual licensing with state regulatory agencies and FINRA.

Holland & Knight represents a wide spectrum of entities involved in all aspects of investment management. The firm has extensive experience with all varieties of investment funds including U.S. and Cayman Islands and other offshore hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds, open-end and closed-end mutual funds, registered hedge funds, real estate funds, and group trusts. We also represent fund managers, including registered investment advisers, and private money managers. Holland & Knight also represents the investment management arms of banks and their trust and investment departments, including their collective and common trust funds. We also work with broker-dealers and institutional investors. We handle other matters related to investment management, such as tax, ERISA and derivatives work, and litigation including SEC enforcement matters.

In addition to providing legal services in connection with investment management, Holland & Knight is a global law firm with more than 1,000 lawyers in 17 U.S. offices as well as Abu Dhabi, Beijing and Mexico City. The firm is among the nation's largest law firms, providing representation in litigation, business, real estate and governmental law. Interdisciplinary practice groups and industry-based teams provide clients with access to attorneys throughout the firm, regardless of location.

We take care to deliver the most economical and responsive representation for each client—typically performing quality legal services for approximately half the cost of other law firms. Although California-based, our client list, which spans the United States, includes hundreds of large and small investment advisers, onshore and offshore hedge fund managers and commodity pool operators. We invite you discuss our pricing and services before you settle on a more expensive legal solution.