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Fund AdministrationServices
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AFA operates on a fully integrated accounting/reporting platform to deliverrobust and transparent reporting to fund managers and investors
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Advanced Fund Administration
Welcome to AFA
Advanced Fund Administration (AFA) is a privately owned
hedge fund and private equity fund administration firm established in the Cayman
Islands in anuary !""# by $eter %&'& oung& In eptember !""* AFA e+panded its global
footprint into the ,nited tates by opening its ummit- .ew ersey office trading as
Advanced Fund Administration C- and in .ovember !"01 established an office in 23I-
trading as Advanced Fund Administration (23I) td& AFA is also rolling out a u+embourgbased solution to meet the fund administration needs of our 4uropean based clients electing
to domicile in u+embourg&
In !"05 AFA e+panded its service offering to include offshore legal services via AFA egal
6esources (Cayman) td- as well as launching AFA Advisory ervices to address the needs
of early stage fund managers&
AFA is a A4 07 8ype II 'C I compliant- bouti9ue fund administration firm providing
comprehensive and cost effective fund administration solutions to all types of fund structures
and investment strategies& 8he core of AFA:s service combines robust technology and
e+perienced staff- offering clients personali;ed service and continuous access to AFA:s
4+ecutive %anagement& AFA values each client relationship and prides itself on partnering
with its clients throughout the fund lifecycle and beyond&
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Lega Services
AFA egal 6esources (Cayman) td& (AFA egal) serves a diverse- international clientbase providing general advisory services- advice on structuring vehicles (including
companies- $3s- $Cs- partnerships and trusts)- li9uidating entities- providing legal
opinions- and offering post launch legal advisory services&
AFA egal offers services in Cayman- 23I and 2ahamas and has capacity to service
additional offshore and onshore up advisory
companies&
AFA Legal services include the following four main practice areas:
a) Corporate commercial
b) $rivate client and trusts
c) i9uidation services
d) Investment funds
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!or"orate !ommercia
AFA egal ervices and its global partners in law have a wealth of e+perience in a widerange of international corporate and commercial arrangementsincluding?
Cayman 4nterprise City (C4C) collaboration @ registering free ;one companies
Intellectual property (I$) transactions
istressed real estate
$erforming and non>performing loans %ergers B Ac9uisitions
oint 3entures
%ediation Agreements
Commercial Contracts
Commodities and International 8rade
Cross>border Investments
Capital 6aising
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#rivate !ient $ trusts
AFA Legal Services provides integrated advisory- succession and estate planning adviceto high>net>worth individuals- families and their trustees across many up of Cayman 8A6 or purpose trusts) and general advice
on trusts law&
8a+>efficient structures for philanthropy and the ac9uisition of assets of all types and
classes&
Issuing legal opinions for domestic and cross border transactions&
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Li%uidation Services
AFA egal has vast e+perience in li9uidating all types of Cayman Islands vehicles& e canassist with the stri=ing off of an entity from the active 6egister of Companies- or act as
li9uidator on a voluntary li9uidation and winding up of a Cayman company or Fund& Fees will
be determined on a case by case basis& 8he average lead time to stri=e a Cayman entity will
be around 5 to D business days& A voluntary li9uidation is more proactive and may ta=e
several months to be dissolved once final creditors and final meeting of members have been
held- and final accounts of the defunct entity have been presented and approved at such
meetings&
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&nvestment Funds
AFA egal offers free consultative advice and once an engagement letter is e+ecuted by theclient- we advise fund managers and promoters on the offshore structure- operation and
domicile of their investment funds& e also collaborate with onshore fund managers and
legal counsel on domestic onshore feeders insofar as these structures relate to offshore
master fund vehicles&
e pride ourselves in offering a turn>=ey service ranging from the planning and conception
stage right through the mechanics to drafting technical documentation- advising on localregulatory issues and filings- up to the launch and post launch filings and documentation
re9uired to open ban= accounts - to activate and engage relevant service providers and to
commence trading&
If you are an investor (whether high net worth person or institutional)- we can advise you on
structuring your investments into an offshore fund& If you are a promoter or manager ofoffshore funds- we can advise you on the optimum fund vehicle and the best choice of
domicile of your fund&
If an II. number or stoc= e+change listing is re9uired for the offshore fund- we can arrange
for this to be done as well&
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!or"orate Secretaria
AFA is an industry leading advocate in ensuring that offshore funds observe good corporategovernance in addition to its offering of its e+perienced e+ecutives as irectors of its client
funds- AFA egal ervices adds to a fundEs robust corporate governance culture through its
corporate secretarial servicesoffering& 'ur Corporate ervices team wor=s in con=eeping of 2oard resolutions throughout the fundEs operation
rafting of 2oard pac=s and agendas for irectors B hareholder meetings
Attendance at irectors meetings and preparation of minutes
Coordination of the payment of FundsE statutory and regulatory fees
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'irector Services
ood corporate governance standards are necessary and desirable for Investment Advisors-fund sponsors and all service providers to investment funds- to ensure that investorsE
interests are considered and protected throughout the life cycle of the fund&
AFALegal Servicesoffers e+perienced professionals- who are conversant with the
alternative investment funds industry- to act as irectors of offshore domiciled funds- in the
Cayman Islands- 2ermuda and 23I&
'ur irectors serve on the boards of some of the most comple+ and diverse fund structures
in the industry- where they bring their e+perience to bear in e+ercising their fiduciary duties to
the funds and the shareholders as a whole& 8hrough support from AFAEs Corporate ervices
team- AFA irectors will add an e+tra dimension to your offshore fundsE governance
standards&
'ur state of the art conference facilities will be made available to the 2oard for the conduct
of regular 2oard meetings at our offices in the Cayman Islands&
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8he Gead of AFA egal ervices is %r& ilton %conald II with primary responsibility forproviding legal services to Cayman domiciled funds as well as several other offshore
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ilton completed a 2achelor of cience degree from .orthern Caribbean ,niversity- an %2Afrom Andrews ,niversity- a 2achelor of aws (2) degree from ,niversity College ondon-
a %aster of aws (%) degree from Fordham aw chool- and completed the residence
re9uirement for the octor of uridical cience () degree at Cornell aw chool in Ithaca-
.ew or=& Ge is also a retired Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
(ACCA) in the ,nited ingdom&
Following is the contact information for Mr. McDonald:
Wilton G. McDonald ! "Sc! LL" #$ons.%! M"A! LLM! &SD #'%! F''A #ret.%
Attorne()at)law and *otar( +u,lic
$ead of AFA Legal -esources #'a(man% Ltd.
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w. /012.310.1404 5 d. /062.728.4213 5 f. /012.310.1408 5 c. #+oland% /17.967.41.270
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