Andrew Wright
Professional Profile
Included as a selected lawyer for The International Who’s Who of Private Funds Lawyers, Andrew Wright focuses his practice on the formation and operation of private investment funds, including private equity and venture capital funds, hedge funds, real estate funds and other private investment funds. Mr. Wright's practice also includes assisting fund sponsors in connection with the organization and documentation of their internal firm arrangements and compensation structures. He also counsels clients on a wide range of matters relating to the structuring of fund investments, as well as legal and regulatory compliance matters for funds and their investment advisers. Mr. Wright also assists clients in connection with a wide range of extraordinary events involving private investment funds, including “key person” events, parent bankruptcies, investor defaults, strategic investments in a fund sponsor, and other significant transactions.
Representative Matters
Throughout his career, Mr. Wright has been involved as legal counsel in numerous billion dollar private investment fund-raisings, including forming and providing on-going legal advice to sponsors of some of the largest and most complex private equity funds ever raised. He has represented both domestic and international sponsors of numerous types of alternative investment funds, including leveraged buyout funds, hedge funds, real estate, mezzanine and distressed debt funds, "hybrid" funds, and many other types of alternative investment vehicles. Mr. Wright has also counseled placement agents, limited partners, senior investment professionals, corporate executives and other constituents in the alternative investment space.
Over the past decade, Mr. Wright has worked with some of the largest and most prominent private fund sponsors, as well as a number of middle-market firms, on a broad range of matters relating to the formation and operation of private investment funds. In 2009, his clients have included The Blackstone Group, Silver Lake Financial, Citi Alternative Investments, Golden Gate Capital, UBS, Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking (n/k/a Trilantic Capital Partners), and others. Mr. Wright’s past experience in the investment management industry also includes serving as the General Counsel of a billion dollar global investment management firm.
Memberships & Affiliations
Member, New York City Bar
Member, Graduate Board of The Harvard CrimsonPublications
Co-Author, Investment Funds in the United States in Practical Law Company's Investment Funds Handbook – February 2009. London: Practical Law Company Limited, 2009.
Author, New Tax Law Restricts Hedge Fund Fee Deferral Arrangements, Hedge Fund Law Report, October 10, 2008.
Author, Riding in the Side Car: Committed Co-Investment Structures: Key Considerations for Private Equity Fund Sponsors. The Daily Deal, June 6, 2008.
Co-author, Investment Funds in the United States in Practical Law Company's Investment Funds Handbook – February 2008. London: Practical Law Company Limited, 2008.
Co-author, Fund Formation – United States in Getting the Deal Through – Private Equity 2005. London: Law Business Research Limited, 2005.
Mr. Wright has also been quoted in numerous leading publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Reuters News, Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst, Buyouts, Private Equity News, The Hedge Fund Law Report, Bloomberg News and others.
Seminars
Mr. Wright speaks frequently on matters relating to private investment funds. Select recent public speaking engagements include:
Speaker, CFA Society of Washington and Wharton Private Equity Partners LP/GP Roundtable, October 2009
Speaker, Practicing Law Institute seminar “Pay to Play”: Implications for Investment Advisers and Placement Agents, September 2009
Speaker, 15th Annual Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference at Harvard Business School, January 2009
Speaker, Yale University School of Management Private Equity Conference, November 2008
Speaker, The 2nd Israeli Private Equity and Venture Capital Summit, November 2008
Speaker, 10th Annual Effective Hedge Fund Tax Practices Conference, November 2008
Speaker, JP Morgan Hedge Fund Legislative Roundtable, July 2008
Speaker, Financial Research Associates LLC's Hedge Fund Tax, Accounting and Administration Master Class, May 2008
Speaker, ACA Spring 2008 Compliance Conference, March 2008
Speaker, Maples Investment Funds Forum, February 2008
Speaker, Institutional Investor/MARHedge Hedge Fund Best Practices Conference, November 2007
