Advises alternative asset managers on a wide variety of issues.
Regularly counsels clients on third-party investments in funds and managed accounts, and negotiates investment management mandates.
Advises global clients on managers’ and funds’ regulatory obligations in the United Kingdom.

Tim is widely recognized as a leader in the funds space, with a highly-respected practice advising alternative fund managers, ranging from the largest global houses to emerging managers and spin-outs. He also advises sovereign wealth funds and other institutional investors in relation to their investments in alternative investment funds.

Tim advises on a wide variety of issues connected with alternative investment vehicles, including:

Launching of alternative investment funds, in particular hedge funds, credit funds and funds of hedge funds
Side-letter and investment negotiations
Legal considerations for, and negotiation of, separately managed account agreements
Fund restructurings
Distribution arrangements
Regulatory advice
Structuring of asset management businesses.

“Tim knows the market inside out.”

“Tim is a fount of knowledge and stalwart of the industry. He is very reliable pair of hands with vast experience.”

Chambers UK, Investment Funds: Hedge Funds, 2025 & 2026

Education
LL.B. (Hons), University of Exeter School of Law, England, with honors, 1996

Bar Admissions
Solicitor, England and Wales

Recognitions

Chambers UK, Investment Funds: Hedge Funds, 2016-2026.
The Legal 500 UK, Leading Partner: Hedge Funds, 2020-2026; Hedge Funds, 2014-2026.
Chambers Europe, Investment Funds: Hedge Funds, 2015-2025.
Chambers Global, Investment Funds: Hedge Funds, 2017-2026.
Who’s Who Legal, Private Funds: Formation, 2020-2021.
Hedge Fund Journal Awards, Outstanding Individual Contribution to European Hedge Fund Industry, 2018.
Who’s Who Legal 100 and Compendium, 2016-2017.