Mike Newell is a corporate lawyer based in London.

He has extensive experience of advising the asset management industry and in particular on the establishment and reorganisation of onshore and offshore collective investment vehicles. Mike helps both household names and innovative start ups set up new businesses and products in both the mainstream and alternative sectors and is particularly experienced in advising in relation to hedge, private equity and real asset funds as well as retail mutual funds, UK listed investment companies and structured products. He also advises asset managers in relation to general corporate and regulatory matters and institutional investors on their private fund investments and secondary sales.

Mike is currently a member of INREV’s Public Affairs Committee and was a member of the FSA’s legal expert group and the technical committees of a number of industry bodies dealing with the implementation of the AIFM Directive.

In Chambers & Partners, Michael has been variously described as “practical and effective” and noted for his ability to “keep calm with lots happening”, having “a well-established reputation in the structuring and reorganisation of onshore and offshore collective investment vehicles” and for being especially “renowned for his real estate funds expertise”.