Roy has extensive international experience in providing legal advice to private investment funds at all stages of their operations, as well as to institutional investors investing in these funds.
Roy counsels fund managers primarily regarding funds’ formation and as to the funds’ ongoing operations. He also advises on financing and regulation. In addition, Roy has extensive experience in all aspects of the investments and various transactions made by funds.
Roy serves as the lead legal advisor to one of the largest institutional investors in Israel and advises this investor as to its private equity and venture capital fund investments. In this capacity, Roy assisted this investor in building the largest portfolio of such funds in Israel.
Over the years, Roy developed a global network of service providers in this field, including in the Caribbean and in other jurisdictions, both offshore and onshore.
Roy gained his unique experience working for 10 years in New York. He was employed at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (where he specialized in representing funds in mergers and acquisitions) and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (where he specialized in fund formation and investment management). In Israel, Roy was a partner at a large Tel Aviv law firm (where he set up the funds department). He was also a founding partner of a boutique law firm in the field.
