The Brattle Group’s Private Equity, Venture Capital & Hedge Funds practice provides expert consulting and litigation support services in matters involving private funds. We combine deep subject matter expertise with real-world industry experience to address complex economic, financial, and regulatory issues facing the investment management industry and its stakeholders.

Leveraging decades of experience at investment management firms, fund service providers, and regulatory agencies, our consultants, academic affiliates, and industry experts are uniquely positioned to analyze issues relating to private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds. We are frequently retained in matters involving business and securities valuation, industry custom and practice, portfolio and risk management, trading, performance attribution, fee and incentive structures, regulatory enforcement, and employment and executive compensation.

Our work spans a wide range of industries, including financial services, technology, and life sciences. We collaborate with the firm’s other practices – integrating subject matter expertise in areas such as cryptocurrency and digital assets, derivatives and structured products, forensic accounting, asset tracing, and intellectual property – to deliver rigorous analyses and comprehensive solutions. Our clients include private funds, fund managers, investors, startups, service providers, fiduciaries, regulators, and their legal counsel.

Core Service Areas

• Business and securities valuation
• Industry custom and practice
• Flow of funds
• Employment disputes and executive compensation
• Risk management
• Fraud and Ponzi schemes
• Damages