Key Takeaways
- • K&L Gates Straits Law LLC has hired Edward Bennett as a partner in its asset management and investment funds practice in Singapore, bringing specialized expertise in fund formations, structuring, and cross-border transactions across Asia-Pacific.
- • Bennett transitions from Morgan Lewis Stamford, where he was a partner and co-leader of the Singapore investment management practice group, bringing extensive experience in private equity, M&A, capital markets, and secondary buyouts.
- • Since relocating to Singapore in 2011, Bennett has developed deep expertise in Southeast Asian cross-border corporate transactions and offshore private equity investments, positioning K&L Gates to strengthen its institutional investor and fund manager client base in the region.
- • The hire reinforces K&L Gates' global asset management and investment funds practice, with Michael Caccese (Chairman and Co-Practice Area Leader) citing Bennett's technical capability in sophisticated structuring and complex regulatory matters.
- • K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, formed through a 2019 combination with local firm Straits Law Practice, continues to build capability in fund formations, restructuring, and alternative investment advisory services across the Asia-Pacific region.
Summary
K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, the Singapore office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP, has appointed Edward Bennett as a partner in its asset management and investment funds practice. Bennett joins from Morgan Lewis Stamford, where he held the position of partner and co-leader of its Singapore investment management practice group, strengthening the firm's capacity to serve institutional investors, fund managers, and alternative investment sponsors in the region.
Bennett brings two decades of transactional and advisory experience spanning direct and co-investments, private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets work, secondary buyouts, refinancing, and fund formations. His practice focuses on advising fund managers and institutional investors globally on the structuring, establishment, and capital commitments to alternative investment vehicles. Since his relocation to Singapore from London in 2011, Bennett has developed particular expertise in complex cross-border corporate transactions throughout Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region, including involvement with offshore private equity investments in Indonesia.
Michael Caccese, Chairman of K&L Gates and Co-Practice Area Leader of Asset Management & Investment Funds, stated: "Ed's years of experience and his creativity enables us to continue to enhance the level of services and creative counseling we deliver to our clients. Ed is well skilled in assisting clients on their highly sophisticated structuring and challenging regulatory issues." Sreenivasan Narayanan S.C., Managing Partner of K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, added that Bennett's appointment "immediately bolsters our asset management and investment funds capability in Singapore."
The hire reflects K&L Gates' strategic positioning in Asia-Pacific's investment funds market. K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, established through the firm's 2019 combination with local practice Straits Law, has positioned itself as a specialist in fund formations, restructuring, and alternative investment advisory work. This appointment extends the firm's institutional investor and fund sponsor client network at a time when Asia-Pacific capital markets activity continues to expand.
Bennett brings two decades of transactional and advisory experience spanning direct and co-investments, private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets work, secondary buyouts, refinancing, and fund formations. His practice focuses on advising fund managers and institutional investors globally on the structuring, establishment, and capital commitments to alternative investment vehicles. Since his relocation to Singapore from London in 2011, Bennett has developed particular expertise in complex cross-border corporate transactions throughout Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region, including involvement with offshore private equity investments in Indonesia.
Michael Caccese, Chairman of K&L Gates and Co-Practice Area Leader of Asset Management & Investment Funds, stated: "Ed's years of experience and his creativity enables us to continue to enhance the level of services and creative counseling we deliver to our clients. Ed is well skilled in assisting clients on their highly sophisticated structuring and challenging regulatory issues." Sreenivasan Narayanan S.C., Managing Partner of K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, added that Bennett's appointment "immediately bolsters our asset management and investment funds capability in Singapore."
The hire reflects K&L Gates' strategic positioning in Asia-Pacific's investment funds market. K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, established through the firm's 2019 combination with local practice Straits Law, has positioned itself as a specialist in fund formations, restructuring, and alternative investment advisory work. This appointment extends the firm's institutional investor and fund sponsor client network at a time when Asia-Pacific capital markets activity continues to expand.
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