Evan Williams advises on the formation, structuring, operation and management of private investment funds and investment management matters. He is the leader of the Investment Management practice group.
Providing strategic counsel to investment fund sponsors on private fund formations and to institutional investors on investing in funds, Evan represents clients with interests in a range of private investment funds including:
- Private equity funds
- Real estate funds
- Private credit, including debt and credit funds
- Hedge funds
- Venture capital funds
- Energy funds
- Other private investment fund strategies
Evan also advises investment management firms on a wide variety of complex corporate matters, including implementing firm management arrangements, governance structures and compensation arrangements, negotiating seed investments and other strategic investments in fund sponsors, negotiating placement agent agreements and other marketing arrangements and negotiating transfers of equity interests in funds and fund sponsors.
Responsive, creative, and efficient, Evan delivers clear, practical advice without unnecessary formality. He approaches fund formation and management issues as a business partner, not a textbook technician, favoring straightforward conversations that lead to actionable solutions. Clients appreciate working with a lawyer who is accessible, pragmatic, and easy to talk to.