PROFILE

Ivana Rouse advises clients on the formation and ongoing operation of traditional and non-traditional private funds across a range of investment areas.

Drawing on her technical acumen and in-depth market knowledge, Ivana assists clients throughout the entire fund lifecycle. She advises both established and emerging managers on the organization, formation, and launch of private investment funds, as well as managed accounts and customized investment solutions, both in the United States and internationally. Ivana also represents money managers and institutional investors acquiring and selling investments in private funds and establishing co-investment arrangements.

Her practice work includes:

• Sponsor and fund formation
• Marketing and fundraising
• Investment activities including co-investment arrangements
• Operational issues, including complex fund restructurings and sponsor-led secondary transactions
• Internal sponsor arrangements, including mergers, spin-offs, majority and minority stakes, profit-sharing arrangements, and seeding transactions

Ivana brings experience across a broad range of fund types, including:

• Oil and gas and other energy funds
• Infrastructure
• Credit funds
• Loan origination funds
• Blockchain and cryptocurrency funds
• Buyout funds
• Growth equity funds
• Opportunistic funds
• Real estate funds
• Fund of funds
• Hedge funds
• Hybrid funds
• Permanent capital vehicles
• Venture funds
• Special-purpose vehicles
• “Funds of one”
• Co-investment vehicles

Ivana has played a key role in building the firm’s Investment Funds Practice in Houston. A commercially pragmatic advisor, she brings particular experience in highly innovative alternative structures that require a detailed knowledge of the funds industry.

Ivana also regularly advises on pro bono matters, including in connection with Texas Appleseed and the DNA Mixture Review Project.

A sought-after speaker, Ivana regularly presents on topics related to the investment funds market, including in the crypto space.

Ivana currently serves on the Women Enriching Business Committee for the firm’s Houston office.

Ivana serves on the board of directors for Texas Wall Street Women, and is an advisory board member of the Private Equity Chief Financial Officer Association. She is also a member of the Texas Hedge Fund Association.