Jim Kelly Bio

Jim Kelly advises a wide range of investment management firms, providing alternative investment managers and investors experienced counsel regarding innovative investment products. Jim has broad industry experience, including advising clients with respect to hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate funds, search funds, venture capital funds, and other private investment funds. He also advises clients with respect to separate accounts, joint venture arrangements and co-investment, secondary and continuation fund structures and transactions. Jim assists clients with the structure and organization of investment funds and accounts and with regulatory compliance, operational, and investment matters. He also provides counsel on the formation and operation of sponsor and management entities and arrangements among firm principals. Jim helps investment managers and investors with complex business arrangements, including launching and seeding new investment programs and businesses, fund restructurings, management reorganizations, and spin-outs.