Tiffany Ann Ford

Representative Experience

• Representing a west coast state pension fund with respect to the structuring, negotiation and documentation of various investments in U.S. and non-U.S. private funds in the private equity, timber, agriculture, mining and construction materials space, with each investment in an amount of at least $200 million. Investments are often bespoke opportunities or club deals.
• Representing Cambridge Associates, a leading U.S. outsourced investment office and investment consultant, and a number of its institutional clients in connection with investments in private equity and hedge funds. 
• Representing Hirtle Callaghan, a leading U.S. outsourced chief investment office with respect to compliance with U.S. regulatory requirements, the formation and operation of onshore and offshore private equity and hedge funds, and private fund and managed account investments made by various U.S. taxable, non-U.S. and U.S. tax-exempt clients of Hirtle Callaghan in a wide range of asset classes. 
• Representing Partners Capital, a leading U.S. outsourced investment office, with respect to compliance with U.S. regulatory requirements, the formation and operation of onshore and offshore private equity and hedge funds, and private fund and managed account investments made by various U.S. taxable, non-U.S. and U.S. tax-exempt clients of Partners Capital in a wide range of asset classes.  
• Representing Davis Capital, a U.S. family office, with respect to compliance with U.S. regulatory requirements, private fund formation and operation, and the structuring, negotiation and documentation of multiple private fund investments in various asset classes, including as the anchor investor, and seed investments in investment managers. 
• Representing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and its ERISA plan with respect to multiple private fund investments in the real estate space.   
• Representing Ultra Capital in the formation and operation of multiple funds that invest in clean energy infrastructure projects.
• Representing Appian Way, a private fund manager that invests in the energy space, with respect to private fund formation and operation, and the formulation and implementation of compliance policies and procedures in compliance with the Commodity Exchange Act.
• Representing AJO Partners with respect to the formation and operation of multiple onshore and offshore private funds with “master-feeder” structures that invest in emerging markets.
• Representing WindSail Capital, a private fund manager, with respect to the formation and operation of private funds with a “master-feeder” structure that originate loans to cleantech companies.