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Private Funds & Alternative Products

Overview

Sponsors and investors of private funds and alternative investment products require an experienced legal team that can advise at every turn in this rapidly evolving market. We provide seamless legal services on the planning, structuring, organizing, funding, documentation, and day-to-day operation of private funds and alternative investment products. We also support institutional investors that participate in private funds. Our proven knowledge of the private fund business — stemming from extensive in-house experience — allows us to provide counsel that is both practical and forward-thinking so you can appropriately balance risks and costs against opportunity and returns. Our experience includes advising on risk management and internal governance issues.

Insights & Events

Latest

News February 2026

Faegre Drinker Advises The RBB Fund in Groundbreaking Dual Share Class Structure

1 min read
Speaking Engagement Recap January 23, 2026

Opportunity Zone 2.1: Will the newly amended statute make the program more beneficial to redevelopment?

2026 Redevelopment Law Institute
1 min read
Updates November 2025

2026 SEC Examination Priorities

Additions and Exclusions Show Transition From Past Stated SEC Exam Priorities
4 min read
Updates November 2025

Senate Bipartisan Draft Would Establish New Federal Regime for Digital Commodity Markets

How to Help Determine Whether a Tokenized Carbon Credit — or Any Other Digital Asset — May Be Considered a Digital Commodity Under the Draft
10 min read
Speaking Engagement Recap October 16, 2025

2025 Rocky Mountain Fund Advisers Summit

1 min read
Press Release October 2025

Former Aberdeen Inc. Chief Risk Officer Joseph Andolina Returns to Faegre Drinker as Partner in Philadelphia

2 min read
Published Articles August 2025

Uncertainty in Private Equity Markets: Inflation, Tariffs and Regulatory Changes

1 min read
Updates August 2025

Presidential Order Instructs Regulators to Help Facilitate 401(k) Access to Alternative Asset Investments, Including Private Equity and Private Credit

Builds on Existing Regulatory Momentum; Collective Trusts and Closed-End Funds Expected to Play Key Roles in Facilitating Access for Plan Investors
16 min read
Updates July 2025

New Law Extends and Amends Qualified Opportunity Zone Tax Incentives

Also New Is the Concept of a Qualified Rural Opportunity Fund
6 min read
Updates June 2025

CLARITY Act: Shifting Oversight of Digital Assets Classified as Commodities to the CFTC

A New Regulatory Landscape for Digital Assets Is Underway
5 min read
Insights
Updates November 2025

2026 SEC Examination Priorities

Additions and Exclusions Show Transition From Past Stated SEC Exam Priorities
4 min read
Updates November 2025

Senate Bipartisan Draft Would Establish New Federal Regime for Digital Commodity Markets

How to Help Determine Whether a Tokenized Carbon Credit — or Any Other Digital Asset — May Be Considered a Digital Commodity Under the Draft
10 min read
Published Articles August 2025

Uncertainty in Private Equity Markets: Inflation, Tariffs and Regulatory Changes

1 min read
Updates August 2025

Presidential Order Instructs Regulators to Help Facilitate 401(k) Access to Alternative Asset Investments, Including Private Equity and Private Credit

Builds on Existing Regulatory Momentum; Collective Trusts and Closed-End Funds Expected to Play Key Roles in Facilitating Access for Plan Investors
16 min read
Updates July 2025

New Law Extends and Amends Qualified Opportunity Zone Tax Incentives

Also New Is the Concept of a Qualified Rural Opportunity Fund
6 min read
Updates June 2025

CLARITY Act: Shifting Oversight of Digital Assets Classified as Commodities to the CFTC

A New Regulatory Landscape for Digital Assets Is Underway
5 min read
Updates June 2025

SEC Policy Change for Closed-End Funds Will Enhance Individual Access to Private Markets Investments

Including for 401(k) and IRA Investors
7 min read
Updates June 2025

Tax Court Clarifies Functional Analysis for Limited Partners and Self-Employment Tax

Soroban Capital Partners LP v. Commissioner
5 min read
Podcast May 2025

The Role of Entrepreneurs: Discussion of How Entrepreneurs Use Innovation, Technology and Guts to Blaze a Path Towards Sustainability

Deanna’s Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability
2 min read
Updates May 2025

What the CFTC’s Recent Actions on Digital Assets and Environmental/Sustainable Commodities Signal to the Market

Lead or Be Left Behind
7 min read

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