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Christina Mickelson Hamilton

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  • Investment Funds & Advisers
  • Hedge Funds
  • Private Equity Funds
  • Real Estate Funds
  • Venture Capital & Growth Equity Funds
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Christina Hamilton combines a background in securities compliance and trading supervision with more than two decades representing investment advisers in all aspects of their businesses, including structure, ongoing operations and regulatory matters.

Christina focuses her practice on representing investment advisers, including advisers to hedge funds and other private investment funds, and advisers to separately managed accounts. Before joining the firm, she was a vice president at Banc of America Securities LLC.

Christina regularly advises clients on issues including:

  • Structuring domestic and offshore investment funds (including hedge funds, private equity funds, co-investment vehicles and special purpose vehicles)
  • Structuring and organizing investment management firms, including preparing and negotiating agreements among owners
  • Counseling investment advisers on federal and state regulatory issues, and assisting with regulatory examinations and ongoing compliance matters
  • Negotiating seed agreements with founding/anchor investors and investor side letters
  • Preparing and negotiating investment management agreements for separately managed accounts and sub-advisory agreements
  • Advising on marketing arrangements and materials
  • Negotiating third party agreements, including fund administration and placement agent agreements
  • Preparing and negotiating employment, bonus and separation agreements

Christina also chairs the firm’s Charitable Contributions and Pro Bono Committee.

Education

University of California College of the Law, San Francisco; J.D., magna cum laude

Dartmouth College; B.A., history, cum laude

Bar Admissions

California

Accolades

Experience

Christina’s extensive experience includes the representation of:

  • $2.5 billion hedge fund manager focused on fixed-income and relative-value strategies
  • $2 billion investment manager with funds and separately managed accounts, investing primarily in equity, convertible and fixed-income securities,
  • $2.8 billion long/short global investment manager with hedge funds and private equity funds, targeting technology, consumer and services sectors
  • $5 billion investment fund manager managing a long/short equity hedge fund with side pockets
  • $800 million technology-focused investment manager with hedge, long only, venture capital and other closed-end funds
  • $750 million investment manager to long/short hedge fund and sub-advisor for long/short and short strategies
  • $1.5 billion investment manager to TMT funds, including hedge, private equity and venture capital funds
  • $1.6 billion investment adviser providing financial planning, investment management and family office services to high-net-worth individuals and families
  • $1.1 billion investment adviser offering portfolio management, financial planning and closed end funds
  • $1.2 billion multi-family office
  • Numerous other SEC-registered (over $150 million AUM), California-licensed and exempt managers (both emerging and other managers) to long/short and long-biased hedge funds and other alternative funds

Activities

  • American Bar Association, Private Funds Subcommittee
  • Bar Association of San Francisco, Business Law Section
  • 100 Women in Finance
  • Financial Women’s Association

Publications

  • The SEC Delays Form SHO Compliance to January 2, 2028 December 10, 2025
  • The SEC’s Filing System Transition to EDGAR Next July 1, 2025
  • Form BE-180 Benchmark Survey – Filing Deadline July 31, 2025 June 12, 2025
  • Investment Advisers with Foreign Affiliates – Form BE-10 Filing Deadline May 30, 2025 May 15, 2025
  • Corporate Transparency Act – Domestic Entities No Longer Required to File; New Rules for Foreign Entities April 11, 2025

Additional Publications

  • U.S. Regulation of Hedge Funds, ABA Book Publishing, 2013

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