Timothy Lou

Senior Associate

Emailtimothy.lou@dlapiper.com

Call+61 2 9286 8431

Sydney

About

Areas of FocusInvestment Management and Funds Financial Services Corporate

Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

EXPERIENCE

Advising listed investment company investment manager, Whitefield Capital Management Pty Ltd on the structuring and initial public offer of shares in Whitefield Income Limited (ASX: WHI).
Advising funds management group Pengana Capital Group Ltd (ASX: PCG) and its subsidiaries Pengana Investment Management Limited and Pengana Credit Pty Ltd on the structuring and initial public offer of units in the Pengana Global Private Credit Trust (ASX: PCX).
Advising Pengana and Pengana Credit on the structuring and launch of the innovative retail TermPlus fund (ARSN 668 902 323) (TermPlus).
Assisted with the structuring and launch of the Pengana Private Credit Feeder Fund (which is structured as a Cayman Islands company) and the Pengana Private Credit Master Fund (which is also structured as a Cayman Islands company).
Advising NYSE-listed Ares Management Corporation on:
• its AUD428 million cash acquisition of AMP Capital’s PrivateMarketsCo Infrastructure Debt Investment Management Platform.
• the launch of Ares’s first Australian domiciled fund, namely the Ares Global Credit Income Fund. This Fund is an Australian registered managed investment scheme offering Australian and New Zealand retail and institutional investors investment exposure to one of the world’s leading alternative credit managers.
• negotiating and settling a new strategic joint funds management venture between Ares and Fidante Partners to offer and deliver the global investment management capabilities of the Ares group to the retail and institutional Australian and New Zealand market.
Advising Tidal Ventures and Adventure Group in regards to the establishment of the Tidal Ventures Early Stage Venture Capital Limited Partnership (ESVCLP).
Reviewing and drafting Australian disclosure documents such as Product Disclosure Statements and Financial Services Guides for a start up Australian cash management trust as well as other managed fund products.
Advising numerous global foreign financial services providers in their application for class order relief as foreign financial services providers from Australian financial services licensing requirements and advising on the new Australian foreign financial services provider licensing regime.
Advising various foreign fund managers on Australian substantial holding obligations in respect of their acquisition of shares in Australian publicly listed companies.
Advising numerous corporates on their legal obligations under defined benefit scheme superannuation plans.