Rob Eke

Private funds law

Senior Associate

Meet Rob

Rob’s thinking

Rob Eke is a Senior Associate within the Private funds law team. He is a Specialist Adviser to alternative asset managers and investors, particularly in the private equity asset class.

Rob has worked exclusively in the alternative assets space since joining the business. He advises on fund formation and primary investments, co-investments and secondary transactions for new and established managers as well as institutional investors. Rob also advises on other key matters such as fund marketing.

Experience

Rob has extensive knowledge and experience of fund structures in key onshore and offshore jurisdictions and has worked on secondment in an offshore jurisdiction.

Qualifications

Law, King’s College London

Solicitor (England and Wales)

Expertise

Private fund formation

Reviewing and negotiating primary investment funds

Co-investments

Secondaries

GP and fund restructuring

Recent client work

the establishment of a closed-ended turnaround fund (2021)
the establishment of a closed-ended venture capital fund (2021)
advising European fund managers on SFDR and EU Taxonomy Compliance (2021)
advising several European institutional investors on co-investments (2021)
advising European and American institutional investors on +50 primary investments (2019-21)
advising several European institutional investors on the sale of interests in private funds (2020)
advising an institutional investor on a portfolio sale of over 150 interests in private funds (2019)
the establishment of a closed-ended fund investing in CLOs (2019)
the establishment of a value-orientated open-ended hedge fund (2019)
the establishment of an open-ended fund investing in CLOs (2018)
the establishment of an open-ended fund investing with a quantitative strategy (2018)

Interests

Rob enjoys playing amateur football, participating in duathlons and triathlons, and also learning foreign languages.

Quick reads (2/2)

Private Equity, Treasury, FX, transitions, and custody, Venture capital and start-ups

Private equity fund economics – what a difference (or not?) a year makes

Mark Silveira, Rob Eke, Hannah Collins

6 min read

Private Equity, Treasury, FX, transitions, and custody

Private equity fund economics – what’s changed in 2019?

Mark Silveira, Rob Eke

6 min read

In-depth (2/4)

This year’s research, we analyse the current economic terms and conditions of private equity and venture capital funds, comparing the results with the findings of our previous research. This research conducted by MJ Hudson’s legal team provides both LPs and GPs with an enhanced understanding of the current strengths and weaknesses of the fundamental economic,...

Research

MJ Hudson’s Private Equity Fund Terms Research 2021 – 6th Edition

Information Download

This catalogue is intended to be a practical guide to those using the secondaries market, with a focus on selling interests in private funds. In it, we will cover a variety of relevant topics, including how to prepare for a sales process, how the process itself works and, indeed, what can go wrong.