Lisa Lautier
Lisa is a funds management lawyer, regularly providing advice across a broad range of areas in the financial services industry.
Lisa provides advice on transactional matters such as retirement or change of responsible entity/trustee, change of investment manager and buying/selling of interests in managed investment schemes/trusts.
Lisa also provides advice on regulatory matters relating to product disclosure (offer documentation), service arrangements (investment management agreements, distribution agreements, custody agreements), Australian financial services licensing, day-to-day regulatory compliance, corporate governance and compliance with the Corporations Act.
Experience
Lisa’s experience includes advising:
- An Australian hedge fund manager on the listing of an exchange traded managed fund on the AQUA market;
- An Australian REIT on the sale of units to a sovereign wealth fund in connection with a joint-venture arrangement;
- An Australian fixed income manager on the change of responsible entity for its registered funds platform; and
- Various clients on the establishment of wholesale and registered managed investment schemes, preparation of trust deeds, negotiation of investment management agreements and distribution agreements, offer documentation and the Australian financial services licensing regime.