Ivana Kovacevic Rouse’s practice focuses on formation and ongoing representation of private investment funds and their management. Ms. Rouse has significant experience with hedge funds, private equity funds and hybrid funds pursuing a variety of investment strategies including emerging markets, distressed debt, event-driven, asset-backed, macro, real estate and funds of funds. She also represents institutional investors, including institutional money managers, government plans and public company pension plans, investing in such funds.
Ms. Rouse regularly advises management companies in connection with fundraising, registration, investment activities (including negotiating side letters, direct equity and other forms of convertible investments), marketing, ongoing compliance and operational issues. Additionally, she advises management companies on internal structuring issues such as mergers, spin-offs, profit sharing arrangements and seeding transactions.