Madison Marcus has a specialist Investment Funds & Financial Services practice advising on complex fund structures, investment products and strategic transactions across Australian and international markets.
Our work covers the full lifecycle of investment funds and financial products, from initial concept and structuring, through capital raising, launch and operation, to strategic transactions, restructuring and exit.
We act for Australian and international fund managers, sponsors, responsible entities, trustees, institutional investors and product issuers.
Our experience spans listed and unlisted products, traditional and alternative strategies, and retail, wholesale and institutional markets in Australia and across borders.
We have particular depth in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other listed and innovative investment products, including digital asset products.
We advise on the financial services issues that arise in product structuring and distribution, market access, governance and regulatory change, including engagement with ASIC, ASX and TMX Australia Exchange, and with market operators and platforms such as BTC Markets.
Led by Partner Jessica Lucich, the practice combines deep private practice and in-house industry experience with a commercial, execution-focused approach. We work closely with clients from strategy through implementation, providing senior legal input where investment structure, product design, transactions and regulation intersect.
We advise on the establishment and operation of investment funds across a broad range of strategies, structures and asset classes, including retail and wholesale managed investment schemes, open-ended and closed-ended funds, committed-capital structures, institutional funds, private credit and debt funds, private equity and venture capital funds, hedge funds, property and real estate funds and REITs. This includes fund structuring, constitutions and offer documents, regulatory structuring and analysis, investor negotiations and the responsible entity, trustee and service-provider arrangements needed to bring a fund to market.
We advise on the development and structuring of ETFs and other listed and innovative investment products.
We work with fund managers and issuers from initial product concept and commercial design through structuring, establishment, disclosure, regulatory analysis, exchange engagement, launch and ongoing operation. Our experience includes actively managed ETFs, dual-access structures, structured and bespoke investment products and emerging digital asset products.
We draw on product, funds and market experience to develop workable structures for new investment strategies, distribution models and routes to market.
We advise investment managers, institutional investors and asset owners on investment management arrangements, separately managed accounts, institutional mandates, advisory arrangements and other bespoke investment structures.
We also advise on responsible entity and trustee structures and key service-provider relationships, including custody, administration, registry and distribution, with a focus on ensuring that fund documentation, investment strategy and operational arrangements work together in practice.
We advise sponsors and managers across private markets and alternative asset classes, including private credit, private equity, venture capital, real estate and infrastructure, on fund terms and sponsor economics, investor negotiations and side letters, and co-investment arrangements.
Our advice extends from fund origination and fundraising to deployment, co-investments, portfolio-level transactions, restructures and exits, bringing together fund, transactional and regulatory considerations as part of one commercial strategy.
We advise on acquisitions and disposals of funds and investment management businesses, transfers of management rights, responsible entity and trustee changes, fund mergers and restructures, secondary transactions, product rationalisations, wind-ups and other strategic transactions.
Our specialist funds and product knowledge allows us to address the structural, governance, investor, regulatory and execution issues that distinguish transactions in the investment management sector.
ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING SPECIALISTS
Madison Marcus is proud to be a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS). Our membership underscores our commitment to maintaining the highest standards in anti-money laundering compliance and financial crime prevention. Being part of ACAMS allows us to stay at the forefront of industry developments, ensuring our clients benefit from the latest insights, best practices, and regulatory guidance in the fight against financial crime.
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