The combined offices of White Case and Kandabashi Law Offices have set up the Tokyo Investment and Hedge Fund Support Desk to provide advice to offshore fund mangers seeking assistance regarding local fund offerings in Japan, and to Japan-based fund managers seeking assistance with overseas investors.
Since Japan's financial Big Bang, hedge and investment fund activity has expanded rapidly with major institutional and pension fund investors increasingly seeking alternative investment management services, says Christopher Wells, executive partner of White Case and head of its investment funds practice group. We realized that many investment advisors and international fund managers in major markets such as New York, London and Hong Kong needed help understanding the...
