Marriage can be recognized by a state, an organization, a religious authority, a tribal group, a local community or peers. It is often viewed as a contract. Civil marriage, which does not exist in some countries, is marriage without religious content carried out by a government institution in accordance with the marriage laws of the jurisdiction, and recognised as creating the rights and obligations intrinsic to matrimony.

Marriages can be performed in a secular civil ceremony or in a religious setting via a wedding ceremony. The act of marriage usually creates normative or legal obligations between the individuals involved, and any offspring they may produce. In terms of legal recognition, most sovereign states and other jurisdictions limit marriage to opposite-sex couples and a diminishing number of these permit polygyny, child marriages, and forced marriages.

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Expertise

Our group has been ranked by the Williamson Fund Report, the leading independent industry survey, as the leading practice by assets under management for the fifth year in a row.

Experience Highlight

Representative experience of the group includes:

• Bank loan funds using section subsidiaries for several large international investment managers, including a hybrid fund and CLO structure.
• The launch of a wide range of UCITS products including traditional long only equity, bond and money market funds.
• Acting for over half of the domiciled money market funds by AUM, with industry leading experience in innovative areas and accumulation share classes.

Accolades

This firm is the gold standard amongst a choice of providers. The lawyers are knowledgeable and always know what is coming down the line.