Amanda H. McGovern

Integral in the launch of the Firm’s Family Office Practice, Partner Amanda McGovern advises family offices on the formation and ongoing management of family offices.

Amanda is also a member of the Firm’s Private Funds Practice and has over twenty years of experience in the formation and operation of private equity funds, hedge funds, co-investment funds, funds-of-one and other similar custom arrangements.

Amanda also concentrates her practice on complex regulatory matters, including compliance with, or exclusion or exemption from, registration under the Advisers Act, as well as the structuring of acquisitions of other investment managers.

Amanda’s representative experience includes:

• Representation of families and senior executives of financial firms in the formation of family offices utilizing the Lender structure and advice relating to expense allocation issues to maximize income tax efficiency for the family, employee matters and ownership and control issues
• Representation of a family with the formation, ongoing governance and administration of a family trust company
• Representation of a family office and trustees of family trusts worth billions of dollars on a trust restructure to provide asset protection and fiduciary liability protection on the acquisition of a high-risk asset
• Representation of a family office in the structuring of a real estate investment with third party co-investors
• Representation of a family office with the spin-out of its private equity team, along with related tax and employment matters following departure of certain key employees and the restructuring of the team investment vehicle
• Representation of a single-family office investing on behalf of Generation 6 with the formation of hybrid and liquid investment vehicles in addition to ongoing investment activities
• Representation of a co-founder of a private equity firm in negotiating an exit deal with their fellow co-founders and the establishment of a new single-family office to invest capital personally, including structure and tax-related matters
• Representation of a single-family office based in the U.K. in a joint venture and restructuring transaction regarding management of the family office’s existing private equity portfolio
• Representation of a single-family office in the restructuring of the carry and compensation arrangements applicable to the investment team members as well as the implementation of an employee co-investment loan program
• Representation of a family investing on behalf of Generation 4 in the governance restructuring of their family foundation and the formation of their family office to promote family harmony, while being mindful of the technical rules such as the family office exemption from SEC registration
• Representation of the financial services arm of a private equity firm in their employee co-invest loan programs and in structuring the receipt of an in-kind distribution of the shares of a public company, as well as the negotiation of an investment management agreement
• Stonecroft Management, as part of a syndicate consisting of U.S. and international investors, in its minority investment in Thrive Capital
• Patria Investments Ltd. in its business combination with Moneda Asset Management
• CVC in the establishment and closing of its buyout fund, CVC Capital Partners IX, at €26 billion

Amanda has significant experience representing family offices, universities, foundations and cultural institutions with their investment activities. She also manages the Firm’s World Sky resources, and specializes in advising clients on matters related to global offerings of private funds.

Amanda has been with the Firm since 2001 and was previously based in the Firm’s Hong Kong office from 2008 to 2015. She is admitted to the Hong Kong Law Society as a Solicitor and is also admitted to practice law in the State of New York. She received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, magna cum laude.