MATTHEW FEARGRIEVE is a financial services and investment management consultant. He advises investment managers in all asset classes, in all sectors (from hedge to private equity to retail) and in all jurisdictions (from the Cayman Islands to Switzerland to Luxembourg) on matters of asset management, investment funds and financial services.
Matthew Feargrieve also advises UHNW investors and family offices on private label funds and tax-efficient, bespoke wealth management structures and financial services.
Matthew Feargrieve has advised investment managers for more than twenty years on lifecycle issues, from fund vehicle establishment, to first offering, through portfolio transactional activity and M&A, to exit and wind-down.
In addition to providing managers with domicile and structuring advice, Matthew Feargrieve also advises managers on investor relations and liquidity management, including redemption suspensions and gating, and on side letter terms with key investors and multi-class share structuring.
Matthew Feargrieve also assists managers with negotiating and documenting the terms of the fund's key service provider and vendor contracts, including the investment management agreement and investment advisory agreements, the administration agreement, the custodian agreement and the prime brokerage agreement.
When not working with investment managers and fund vehicle service providers, Matthew Feargrieve contributes his experienced views and thought-leadership to the investment management industry's news, journals and periodicals. He is regularly invited to write and speak about financial services and investment management. You can read his financial services blog by clicking HERE and HERE. You can also watch his introductory video below.
Matthew Feargrieve lives and works in the United Kingdom.