General Corporate

Malik Law Group provides representation on a number of general corporate issues that face funds, managers, and investors alike.

Our services extend to a number of related issues that touch upon securities, investment adviser, commodity pool operator, and commodity trading adviser law:

  • Drafting and review of confidentiality agreements, employment contracts, sub-adviser agreements, "big boy" letters, letters of intent, purchase-sale agreements, and other documents
  • Negotiating the terms of investment management agreements
  • Conducting due diligence on private companies and management
  • Reviewing the credentials of solicitors and brokers

 

Examples of Transactions:

  • Establishing corporate entities (e.g., limited liability companies, limited partnerships) to serve as holding companies, investment adviser entities, and private lending companies;
  • Drafting a non-disclosure and profit-sharing agreement related to proprietary securities trading software;
  • Conducting due diligence on a private Canadian technology company as the issuer of a security on behalf of a prospective investor;
  • Drafting a loan agreement on behalf of an investment fund;
  • Drafting and negotiation of a letter of intent and side letter agreement between a SEC RIA and a large Russian seed capital investor;
  • Negotiating the terms of sub-investment advisory agreements;
  • Filing for certificates of authority for foreign companies doing business in U.S. states, including New York among others; and
  • Establishment of a Cayman Islands exempted company as an investment (commodities) manager clearing through a Swiss execution and clearing platform.