Macfarlanes announced that Edward Prestwich has joined its Fund Formation team as a partner, returning to the firm where he previously worked as an associate between 2014 and 2021.
Prestwich’s appointment supports the firm’s focus on advising credit fund managers. His return adds a lawyer with credit fund formation experience and an established connection to the practice he is joining.
The appointment reflects the strategic importance Macfarlanes places on its work for credit funds. That work encompasses advice on managers’ house matters, their funds and their investments, according to Senior Partner Damien Crossley.
Crossley described Prestwich’s return as supporting that wider initiative. The appointment therefore sits within the firm’s broader offering to credit fund clients, alongside its fund formation work.
Prestwich pointed to the firm’s position in the London credit fund formation market as a factor in his return. He said his focus would include helping develop both the credit fund formation practice and Macfarlanes’ broader services for credit fund managers.
His appointment brings him back to the team after an earlier seven-year period as an associate. He now returns in a partnership role, with a stated remit to contribute to the practice’s continued development.
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“Ed is a leading credit fund formation lawyer and we are delighted to welcome him back to the firm as a Partner. Advising credit funds on their house matters, funds and investments continues to be an area of strategic focus for the firm and Ed’s return strongly supports that initiative.”
Damien Crossley, Senior Partner At Macfarlanes
“Macfarlanes has one of the leading credit fund formation practices in the London market and I am looking forward to helping drive forward that practice and the firm’s broader offering to credit fund managers.”
Edward Prestwich, Partner In The Fund Formation Team At Macfarlanes
