Timothy A Baron

Practice Areas

Tim specializes in fund formation, asset management and the regulation of investment advisers. He has acted for many of Canada’s largest and most sophisticated asset managers and has assisted with the establishment of numerous alternative investment funds, including hedge, credit, real estate, infrastructure, fund of funds and other investment vehicles. Tim is a leading practitioner in setting up complex master-feeder structures and access funds with investors and/or investment assets situated across the globe. In addition, he regularly advises foreign asset managers and others with respect to regulatory and compliance issues. Numerous private funds, corporations and other institutional end-users consult him for strategic advice on derivative transactions, custody and administration arrangements and collateral arrangements. Tim has taught sections of the Advanced Business Law Workshop at Osgoode Hall Law School and regularly speaks and writes on topics related to investment funds, securities regulation and derivatives. Tim is a former executive and legal counsel to the Alternative Investment Management Association and has been a member of the AIMA Legal and Regulatory Committee since 2009. Select Recognition: The Best Lawyers in Canada; Who’s Who Legal: Private Funds; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; Lexpert Special Editions: Finance and M&A, Infrastructure.