Skip to main content
search

Tom Devaney has served as a trusted advisor to private fund sponsors and institutional investors for more than two decades. His experience includes a distinguished track record of forming private funds and negotiating sophisticated seed and anchor investor arrangements, management team and portfolio “spin out” transactions, complex limited investor side letters, as well as joint venture arrangements for jointly managed fund platforms, many in excess of $1 billion. He is highly versed in U.S. securities laws, including the Securities Act of 1933, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Tom counsels sponsors and management teams of private funds on transactional matters and U.S. securities laws and regulations related to the formation of private funds, their fundraising and subscription phases, and ongoing administration and operations, including co-investment structures and related registered investment advisor (RIA) compliance. In addition, Tom is highly knowledgeable about regulatory developments that impact registered investment advisers and has advised on the design and implementation of compliance programs for numerous private fund sponsors.


+1-212-326-3484

Thomas M. Devaney

Partner
Jones Day
New York

Practice Area: Private Equity

All-Star

WHAT CLIENTS SAY

"Tom's ability to distill complex issues into actionable advice makes working with him seamless and easy."

MY CLIENT PHILOSOPHY

"I believe that an attorney’s professional success (and a fair bit of personal satisfaction) should be achieved through his or her client’s achieving their objectives in an efficient manner.  The transactions that I advise on, including private fund offerings, come in a multitude of forms and facts, but the client’s business goals are always clear by the time that they seek my counsel.  My approach to execution on those objectives starts with listening closely to their goals, commercial perspective and any legal concerns, and from there I construct a transaction plan based upon steps that can be neatly explained, clearly understood and easily measured for progress to the endline."

– Thomas M. Devaney

ALL-STAR BIOGRAPHY

Tom Devaney has served as a trusted advisor to private fund sponsors and institutional investors for more than two decades. His experience includes a distinguished track record of forming private funds and negotiating sophisticated seed and anchor investor arrangements, management team and portfolio “spin out” transactions, complex limited investor side letters, as well as joint venture arrangements for jointly managed fund platforms, many in excess of $1 billion. He is highly versed in U.S. securities laws, including the Securities Act of 1933, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Tom counsels sponsors and management teams of private funds on transactional matters and U.S. securities laws and regulations related to the formation of private funds, their fundraising and subscription phases, and ongoing administration and operations, including co-investment structures and related registered investment advisor (RIA) compliance. In addition, Tom is highly knowledgeable about regulatory developments that impact registered investment advisers and has advised on the design and implementation of compliance programs for numerous private fund sponsors.

Visit All-Star's Firm »


+1-212-326-3484

Thomas M. Devaney

Partner
Jones Day
New York

Practice Area: Private Equity

M&A All-Star

ALL-STAR BIOGRAPHY

Tom Devaney has served as a trusted advisor to private fund sponsors and institutional investors for more than two decades. His experience includes a distinguished track record of forming private funds and negotiating sophisticated seed and anchor investor arrangements, management team and portfolio “spin out” transactions, complex limited investor side letters, as well as joint venture arrangements for jointly managed fund platforms, many in excess of $1 billion. He is highly versed in U.S. securities laws, including the Securities Act of 1933, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Tom counsels sponsors and management teams of private funds on transactional matters and U.S. securities laws and regulations related to the formation of private funds, their fundraising and subscription phases, and ongoing administration and operations, including co-investment structures and related registered investment advisor (RIA) compliance. In addition, Tom is highly knowledgeable about regulatory developments that impact registered investment advisers and has advised on the design and implementation of compliance programs for numerous private fund sponsors.

Visit All-Star's Firm »