In his nearly 20 years of experience as an attorney in the fund finance space, Zac is considered a pioneer of the industry. He has represented investment banks and fund sponsors on some of the largest, most complex fund financings, earning him annual recognition in Chambers. His broad range of experience in connection with loans to various real estate, private equity, secondaries, private credit, energy, infrastructure and hedge funds provides FFP with the knowledge necessary to guide fund sponsors through the process of securing various fund financings.
About Us
Deliver Superior Terms, Tighten Pricing,
Expedite Successful Execution.
Expedite Successful Execution.
OUR BUSINESS
FFP optimizes your ability to effectively finance your funds
and asset management business, from concept through execution,
and after closing.
and asset management business, from concept through execution,
and after closing.
NEWS & INSIGHTS
Subscription Facility Default: A Path Forward
Only a few decades old, subscription finance has evolved into a mature market benefiting banks, limited partners and fund sponsors alike. The biggest factor behind subscription finance’s maturation, and the benefits to everyone in the industry, has been the safety and soundness of the credit and collateral. That factor is no longer indomitable, as the…
Alternative Lenders in Fund Finance
By: Richard Wheelahan, Managing Director at Fund Finance Partners, and Trent Lindsay, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Although commercial banks have long taken the lead in fund finance lending, alternative lenders have gradually taken on a larger role in the market. This trend appears to have accelerated over the last year, partly driven by a reduction…
Subscription Facilities: Variance Rules
Until the disruption Covid-19 wrought upon markets and societies in early 2020, subscription finance had been (perhaps erroneously) thought of as commoditized, with terms and advance rates generally predictable and consistent for those regularly in the market. The impact of the pandemic on depository institutions and their respective reactions, however, has been anything but consistent. Since the…
OUR LEADERS
Zac Barnett
Co-founder
Richard Wheelahan, III
Managing Director and Co-Founder
Since 2007, Richard has been advising fund sponsors and lenders, in both an advisory and principal capacity. In addition to co-founding FFP, Richard was the General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and a Director of a $3 billion asset manager investing debt and equity in lower middle-market companies. During his ten tenure, Richard executed numerous capital markets initiatives on behalf of the firm’s investment vehicles and oversaw fund formation activity, developing comingled funds, SMA concepts, a NASDAQ listed BDC, and joint ventures.
Our Leaders
Zac Barnett
Co-founder
In his nearly 20 years of direct experience as an attorney in the fund finance space, Zac is considered a pioneer of the industry. He has represented investment banks and fund sponsors on some of the largest, most complex fund financings, earning him annual recognition in Chambers. His broad range of experience in connection with loans to various real estate, private equity, secondaries, private credit, energy, infrastructure and hedge funds provides FFP with the knowledge necessary to guide fund sponsors through the process of securing various fund financings.
Richard Wheelahan, III
Co-founder
Since 2007, Richard has been advising fund sponsors and lenders, in both an advisory and principal capacity. In addition to co-founding FFP, Richard was the General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and a Director of a $3 billion asset manager investing debt and equity in lower middle-market companies. During his ten tenure, Richard executed numerous capital markets initiatives on behalf of the firm’s investment vehicles and oversaw fund formation activity, developing comingled funds, SMA concepts, a NASDAQ listed BDC, and joint ventures.