Hope Adams is a special counsel in Manatt’s financial services group, where she focuses on advising banking institutions, investment managers and private investment funds on a wide range of regulatory, transactional, asset servicing and product structuring matters.  

Hope has over three decades of experience counseling clients in the asset management and financial services industry, including 13 years as in-house counsel at a large U.S. national bank supporting its wealth and institutional asset management business units, custody operations and private investment fund activities. From her in-house experience, Hope has developed a deep understanding of how to navigate the intersection of regulatory and operational risks and meet the business objectives of the client institution. Hope strives to provide practical and risk appropriate alternatives to her clients, whether advising on the implementation of new regulations, managing regulatory audits, negotiating agreements, drafting internal policies and procedures, or advising on fund formation and secondary market transactions.