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Fund AdministrationServices

www.advancedfundadministration.+1(345) 943 4232

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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iton c'onad ii * io

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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iton c'onad ii * io

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.

e. wmcdonaldadvancedfundadministration.com

w. /012.310.1404 5 d. /062.728.4213 5 f. /012.310.1408 5 c. #+oland% /17.967.41.270

S;(pe: wilton.mcdonald4

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