Alternative Asset Classes and Investments
Alternative Asset
Classes & Investments.
Former senior executives who led global alternative investment practices at leading commercial and investment banks, former regulators — including a former Commissioner of the CFTC — and distinguished global economists.
PRACTICE AREA · EXPERT WITNESS & CONSULTING
About this practice
PRACTICE OVERVIEW
Our team has extensive expertise in various investment vehicles, including hedge funds, venture capital (VC) funds, private equity (PE) funds, and complex master-feeder fund structures. Our experts in commodities, emerging market securities, and FX instruments possess a deep understanding of global supply chains, geopolitical risks, and macroeconomic market dynamics.
Our experts have substantial experience in structuring and managing a wide array of structured products, including CDOs, CLOs, CBOs, and CFOs, among other ABS. They are adept at facilitating complex investment structures through SPVs, structured financing, and securitization processes.
Our team also possesses specialized knowledge in real estate investments, with expertise in REITs and both residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities (RMBSs and CMBSs).
SEDA's alternative assets practice serves both as expert witness resource and consulting partner. In litigation, our practitioners testify on CDO and CLO governance failures, hedge fund side-pocket disputes, REIT valuation challenges, and the duties of fund managers in connection with complex structured credit instruments. In a consulting capacity, SEDA advises fund managers, institutional investors, and their advisers on product structure review, valuation governance, and investment risk frameworks — drawing on the same depth of alternative asset experience that underpins our expert witness work.
WHY SEDA
Former global heads of commodities trading and hedge fund executives — direct first-hand experience at the highest institutional level.
Former CFTC Commissioner and senior regulatory counsel — enforcement and compliance perspective alongside deep industry knowledge.
Specialists in CDOs, CLOs, CBOs, CFOs, ABS, SPV structures, and securitization processes. Former FHFA Director covering REITs, RMBS, CMBS.
SUB-PRACTICE AREAS
Areas of expertise
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Commodities
Related: Energy · Governance & ESG · Regulatory
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Emerging Markets & FX
Related: Monetary Policy · Risk Management · Securities
03
Hedge Funds, PE & Venture Capital
Related: Risk Management · Regulatory · Financing
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Extensive expertise across agriculture, energy, gas, oil, metals, environmental finance, and complex derivatives. Former CFTC commissioner adds essential enforcement perspective.
Former executives from leading hedge funds and asset management firms. Highly experienced in structuring BOLI, COLI, and IOLI hedge fund-linked products.
Expertise spanning instruments issued by entities in developing economies. Extensive FX and interest rate experience at commercial and investment banks including executive committee roles.
Direct experience structuring, originating, pricing, and underwriting CDOs, CLOs, REITs, RMBS & CMBS, and other ABS across all underlying collateral types.
Complex Structured Products
Related: Securities & Derivatives · Servicing
