Mr. C. Scott Murray

Scott advises private equity sponsors and investment managers on the structuring, formation, and operation of private investment funds across a broad range of alternative asset classes. His experience spans buyout, real estate, opportunistic, and secondary funds, as well as energy and infrastructure and credit and distressed debt strategies.

He routinely counsels sponsors throughout the full fund life cycle, including fund formation, sponsor and management company structuring, governance and economic arrangements, ongoing operational matters, and investor negotiations. A significant component of Scott’s practice involves advising sponsors on GP-led secondary transactions and other liquidity solutions, as well as the related restructuring of sponsor economics, governance rights, and alignment arrangements.

Scott also advises clients on investment management regulatory matters, including issues arising under the Advisers Act and broker-dealer regulatory frameworks, and regularly handles the fund-related aspects of mergers and acquisitions, minority investments in asset managers, and strategic transactions involving sponsor platforms.

In addition, his practice includes advising on growth and early-stage capital investments, complex partnership and joint venture structures, and equity line and alternative financing arrangements.

Concentrations

•Private funds
•Investment management
•Corporate governance and compliance