Robert Eke
Partner
Rob Eke is a partner in the Financial Services Practice and is part of the international investment funds team. Rob joined the firm from a UK based law firm specialising in the alternative assets industry.
Rob advises UK and international private equity, infrastructure, hedge fund and venture capital fund sponsors and investors on fund formation, primary investment, secondary transfers, general partner (GP)-led restructuring, co-investments and other related projects. Rob also advises on regulatory matters arising in connection with the management and promotion of alternative investment funds, including compliance with Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and the EU Taxonomy Regulation.
Rob was recommended in The Legal 500 UK for hedge fund formation, citing his “professionalism with charm” when working with startup managers.
- Advising an international institutional investor on the secondary disposal of a portfolio of fund interests to a single buyer.
- Advising a European institutional investor on the redomiciliation of a managed account from a Caribbean jurisdiction to an EU jurisdiction.
- Advising several venture capital funds on their compliance with EUSFDR and the Taxonomy Regulation.
- Advised on the formation of a solar energy fund focused on the development and operation of UK-based solar farms.
- Advising a number of UK and international institutional investors on primary investments and co-investments across different asset classes.
- Advised on the formation of a turnaround fund investing in UK-based opportunities.
- Advised on the formation of a closed-ended fund investing in CLO assets.
- Advised on the formation of a venture capital fund investing in opportunities in the Middle East.
- Advising a number of UK and international institutional investors on primary investments and co-investments across various asset classes.
Education
- University of Law, Guildford, L.P.C., 2012
- King's College, London, LL.B., Law, 2010
Admissions
- England and Wales, 2015