Investment Funds
Comprehensive legal and regulatory advice for fund managers, portfolio managers, and investors
The business of establishing and running investment funds has become increasingly complex. Our experienced investment funds lawyers and law clerks can advise you in connection with starting or acquiring an asset management business, conducting due diligence on investment managers or opportunities, and selecting, structuring and implementing public or private investment vehicles.
Our clients manage and invest through various pooled vehicles including prospectus-exempt pooled funds, mutual funds including alternative mutual funds, segregated accounts, private equity and venture capital funds, closed-end funds, real estate investment trusts (REITs), mortgage investment corporations (MICs), mortgage investment funds, and syndicated mortgage investments.
We can also prepare offering documents (such as term sheets, offering memoranda and prospectuses), subscription agreements, and investment management agreements, as well as prepare and submit filings to regulators.
AUM Law also provides practical and flexible ongoing legal and regulatory counsel to portfolio managers and investors on the issues that arise during the course of their business, including:
- Assisting clients in conducting due diligence and responding to due diligence inquiries
- Material changes to investment funds
- Independent review committee setup and support
- Exemptive relief applications
- Acquisitions of other businesses
- Restructurings and mergers
- Updates and amendments to offering documents
- Review of service provider agreements
Our Approach
AUM Law offers practical, cost-effective legal and regulatory compliance advice from a team that prioritizes your business and understands your industry. We focus on the Canadian asset management sector, and we have deep expertise in the legal and regulatory issues relevant to firms operating in Canada’s exempt and public capital markets.
Our team-based approach, fixed-fee compliance support plans, extensive experience engaging with securities regulators, and connections with other service providers in this industry will help you navigate the evolving securities regulatory environment with confidence so that you can focus on what you do best.
Investment Funds Group Insights
FAQ Corner: What Procedures are Required Before My Firm Can Accept Referred Business from a Third-Party?
Answer: Canadian securities laws require that a registered firm manage material conflicts of interest in the best interests of its clients. The Canadian Securities Administrators have provided guidance that paid referral arrangements are an inherent conflict of...
New Brunswick Proposes Local Rule Impacting Funds in that Province
The Financial and Consumer Services Commission released proposed Local Rule 81-510 Self-Dealing on June 24 for a 60-day comment period. The stated purpose of the rule is to provide additional guidance regarding the meaning of certain terms used in Part 10 of the...
Hello, Goodbye – CSA Grants Interim Relief for DSC Sales
As a follow-up to our article, All Together Now - OSC Joins DSC Ban, in the May 2021 AUM Law Bulletin, we can report that on June 23 the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued CSA Notice 31-360 Blanket Orders/Class Orders in respect of Transitional Relief...