Sandeesh Shah Senior Associate

Sandeesh advises clients on the structuring and operation of onshore and offshore investment funds, both regulated and unregulated, and on all legal aspects of asset management.

Sandeesh advises a number of large asset managers and “host” authorised corporate directors on various matters relating to the structure and operation of regulated funds including: the establishment of umbrella and standalone OEICs and authorised unit trusts (UCITS, NURS and LTAFs); mergers/schemes of arrangement; fund terminations; fund range rationalisations and repositioning; and various ad hoc changes and updates to fund ranges.

Sandeesh also assists clients with investment management agreements, sponsor agreements, depositary agreements and platform and distribution arrangements, and advises clients in relation to ongoing regulatory and compliance matters, including the application of the UCITS Directive, AIFMD, MiFID II and the FCA’s permitted link rules. In addition, Sandeesh spent several years working on general financial services regulatory matters, which included assisting clients with their compliance with the FCA’s conduct of business regime and applications for FCA authorisation and variation of permission.

Sandeesh spent several months on secondment at Legal & General Asset Management (L&G) between 2023 and 2024, where she supported the launch of L&G’s diversified private markets Long-Term Asset Fund (LTAF) and its broader strategy for defined contribution pension schemes, the L&G Private Markets Access Fund.