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Corporate Funds Area Operations ManagerWashington, D.C.
Email kevin.lees@hoganlovells.com
Phone +1 202 637 5432
Fax +1 202 637 5910
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
For over a decade, Kevin Lees has advised internal and external clients on investment fund formation, fund operations, investor relations, and structure and regulatory compliance across a wide spectrum of investment products.
Kevin has helped investment advisers based in the United States, Latin America, Germany, the United Kingdom, India, and the People's Republic of China. He has also worked with sponsors of private equity buyout funds, energy infrastructure funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, and funds of funds.
Kevin has coordinated teams across multiple continents to devise tailored alternative asset structures based in Canada, the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Mauritius, and elsewhere. He has worked with clients to draft and negotiate partnership agreements, upper-tier governing agreements, and side letters with investors, and he has worked on joint ventures, co-investment arrangements, and more individualized managed accounts.
Kevin has also helped clients navigate the fundraising process from the initial conceptual stages through any commercial and regulatory issues and to the final closing and beyond. In addition to advising on more traditional private placements under Regulation D and Regulation S, Kevin has advised clients on general solicitation under Rule 506(c), Regulation Crowdfunding, and Regulation A.
Education
J.D., New York University School of Law, 2006
A.B., Duke University, 2003
Bar admissions and qualifications
District of Columbia
New York
Represented a first-time sponsor that raised a US$100m venture capital fund
Represented a San Francisco-based manager in connection with the formation of its agriculture-focused real estate co-investment
Represented an activist fund sponsor on the formation and negotiation of a US$475m hybrid fund focused on public equities
Represented a California-based sponsor on several investment transactions in the cannabis industry
Represented a first-time investment firm in Mexico raising a US$200m private equity fund
Represented a middle-market buyout firm in India raising a US$300m private equity fund
Represented a leading U.S. energy and infrastructure investment firm on fund formation and maintenance matters
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