Christopher Mendez

Select Fund Formation Matters

Hybrid Liquid and Illiquid Private Fund

• Advised on complex tax-efficient hybrid liquid and illiquid fund structure – combining several asset classes – with multiple share classes and side pocket features, including heavily negotiated and tailored fund offering documents.

Master-Feeder Hedge Fund

• Advised on master-feeder fund structure with broad investment mandate; including onshore and offshore private placement memorandum, subscription agreements, bespoke side letters, complex organizational documents, and several service provider agreements.

Opportunistic Credit Evergreen Fund of One and Co-Investment Vehicle

• Advised on the launch of a complex opportunistic credit evergreen fund of one and co-investment arrangement seeded by a sovereign wealth fund.

Equity Capital Markets Master-Feeder Fund

• Advised on master-feeder fund structure with a broad equity capital markets mandate with onshore and offshore limited partners. Seeded by multinational investment conglomerate.

Established Multiple Co-Investment SPVs

• Advised on multiple stand-alone onshore and offshore single and multi-investor co-investment vehicles and SPVs to invest pari-passu to main fund vehicles. Highly tailored investment vehicles with heavily negotiated partnership agreements, subscription agreements, side letters, and investment management agreements.

GP/LP Fund Seeding Arrangements

• Advised on several GP/LP seeding arrangements and minority investment transactions involving first-time fund launches and manager spinouts; each with complex management fee and carried interest sharing arrangements, and heavily negotiated term sheets and related deal documents.

Select Transactional Matters

Preferred Equity and Convertible Note Financing

• Advised on the participation in an emergency debt and equity capital raise to fund liquidity needs of a well-known retail trading company, including negotiations with multiple co-lead investors and structuring of an affiliated investment SPV.

Convertible Note Financing

• Advised on a $400M convertible note financing of a large payment processing company ahead of a DeSPAC transaction. Financing was conducted in multiple tranches across several closings with numerous underlying investors.

Restructuring and Bankruptcy Transaction

• Advised an investor consortium on the pre-bankruptcy recapitalization and post-chapter 11 restructuring of tech-driven off-site construction company. Included bridge loan and DIP financing, asset bidding, and complex Sec. 382 NOL preservation analysis with tax counsel.

Hospitality Platform Acquisition

• Advised private equity-focused family office on the bidding, acquisition, and financing of a bankrupt food and beverage platform, including formation of a special purpose investment vehicle and related platform organizational documents.