Velma Cao
Associate
velma.cao@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Emerging Markets Funds Transactions
- Fund Formation
- Institutional Investors
- Hedge Funds
- Investment Management
- Sovereign & Government Investors
Biography
- Represents large institutional investors, fund sponsors and managers, with a particular focus on sovereign wealth funds.
- Advises investment managers in establishing and operating their funds.
- Advises institutional investors on their fund investments.
Velma is an associate in Akin’s Abu Dhabi office. She advises and represents fund managers, sponsors and investors on matters involving the formation, structuring and ongoing operation of U.S. and non-U.S. private equity funds and hedge funds.
Velma helps global asset managers and institutional investors, including some of the world’s leading sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), access opportunities across global markets.
Representative Work
- Represented a Middle Eastern SWF in its investment in a multibillion-dollar AI-related close-ended fund.
- Represented a Middle Eastern SWF in its investment in a real estate/infrastructure-focused open-ended fund in North America.
- Advised a Middle Eastern fund manager backed by the government in raising third-party capital for investment in a number of close-ended and open-ended funds.
- Represented Middle Eastern SWFs in their investments in a structured solutions-focused fund managed by a leading global secondaries manager.
- Represented Middle Eastern sovereign funds in their investments in a buyout fund targeting private equity investments in the global financial services industry primarily in North America and Western Europe.
- Advised a Middle Eastern fund manager backed by the government in devising and launching incentive allocation plans across multiple platforms.
EducationJ.D., University of Hong Kong, 2019
P.C.L.L., University of Hong Kong, 2020
M.A., University of Chicago, 2013
J.D., University of Hong Kong, 2019
P.C.L.L., University of Hong Kong, 2020
M.A., University of Chicago, 2013
Bar AdmissionsLaw Society of Hong Kong
New York
Law Society of Hong Kong
New York
