A First-Tier Resource for Global Asset Management M&A

Debevoise’s market-leading Asset Management M&A practice handles complex, multifaceted M&A transactions, counsels key industry players on critical regulatory challenges, and serves as a trusted advisor to all manner of asset management clients.

Debevoise regularly represents buyers and sellers across the full range of M&A transactions in the asset management industry, including public and private acquisitions by asset management companies, broker-dealers, private equity groups, insurance companies, domestic and foreign banks, and management groups in majority or control acquisitions, strategic minority investments, GP staking transactions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and spin-outs.

We are particularly well known for our deep experience in transactions at the intersection of insurance and asset management, an area of accelerating growth and complexity across the industry.

International capability is a core strength of Debevoise’s asset management M&A practice, which routinely represents purchasers of investment management firms located in an array of jurisdictions in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. With offices in New York, San Francisco, Washington, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and a network of collaborative counsel around the world, Debevoise has the cross-border and local law capabilities to handle the most complex transactions.

The Asset Management M&A practice is closely integrated with Debevoise’s leading investment management and private funds capabilities. For many decades, the firm has been involved as counsel to sponsors of, or investors in, hundreds of private equity funds pursuing a wide variety of investment strategies and representing a significant portion of capital raised by all private equity funds during this period.

Further, the firm also offers unmatched regulatory and enforcement expertise. The firm’s Litigation Department includes both the founding and a former Co-Chief of the Asset Management Unit of the SEC Division of Enforcement. Debevoise’s integrated team of litigators and corporate lawyers regularly advise a broad range of clients in the asset management industry on their most complex and challenging regulatory matters, both in the U.S. and internationally. See our “Asset Management Enforcement and Examinations” capabilities for more information.

The firm’s Asset Management M&A practice brings together lawyers from the firm’s leading M&A, investment management, regulatory, and litigation practices to deliver coordinated, creative, and practical advice. Our deep engagement with the industry enables us to deliver nuanced, strategic solutions to clients in complex transactions and high-stakes litigation. Clients consistently recognize Debevoise for its dedication and creativity, noting in Chambers USA that “[t]hey have your back, will go the extra mile and will do everything to make you succeed” and that Debevoise lawyers are “[e]xtraordinarily helpful, very knowledgeable and very creative.” Debevoise regularly represents buyers and sellers across the full range of M&A transactions in the asset management industry, including public and private acquisitions by asset management companies, broker-dealers, private equity groups, insurance companies, domestic and foreign banks, and management groups in majority or control acquisitions, strategic minority investments, GP staking transactions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and spin-outs. We are particularly well known for our deep experience in transactions at the intersection of insurance and asset management, an area of accelerating growth and complexity across the industry. International capability is a core strength of Debevoise’s asset management M&A practice, which routinely represents purchasers of investment management firms located in an array of jurisdictions in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. With offices in New York, San Francisco, Washington, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and a network of collaborative counsel around the world, Debevoise has the cross-border and local law capabilities to handle the most complex transactions. The Asset Management M&A practice is closely integrated with Debevoise’s leading investment management and private funds capabilities. For many decades, the firm has been involved as counsel to sponsors of, or investors in, hundreds of private equity funds pursuing a wide variety of investment strategies and representing a significant portion of capital raised by all private equity funds during this period. Further, the firm also offers unmatched regulatory and enforcement expertise. The firm’s Litigation Department includes both the founding and a former Co-Chief of the Asset Management Unit of the SEC Division of Enforcement. Debevoise’s integrated team of litigators and corporate lawyers regularly advise a broad range of clients in the asset management industry on their most complex and challenging regulatory matters, both in the U.S. and internationally. See our “Asset Management Enforcement and Examinations” capabilities for more information.