HEINE & KIM FIDUCIARY PARTNERS - Key Persons


Michael Kim

From 2014 through 2018, Michael served as General Counsel of UBS Hedge Fund Solutions LLC (formerly, UBS Alternative and Quantitative Investments LLC). As General Counsel, he was primarily responsible for all legal matters within the UBS Hedge Fund Solutions management team and new product structuring. He has extensive knowledge and understanding of complex regulations and their implementation including the Investment Advisers Act, Investment Company Act, ERISA, Volcker, AIFMD, CEA, BHCA, US securities laws, broker/dealer and cross border regulations. He has advised on corporate governance issues, conflicts of interests, fiduciary responsibilities, compliance programs, employment matters and litigation for investment funds. Prior to becoming General Counsel, Michael was the Deputy General Counsel of A&Q Investment Solutions, which consisted of UBS O'Connor LLC (hedge funds) and UBS Alternative and Quantitative Solutions LLC (funds of funds) from 2004. Prior to joining the Investment Manager in 2004, Michael worked as an associate in the Investment Funds team at Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP where he focused on hedge fund structuring and formation, and before that, at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP where he worked in the complex litigation group (1999-2002). After graduating from law school in 1998, Michael clerked for the Honorable Ricardo M. Urbina, then a United States District Judge of the United States District Court of the District of Columbia. Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from The Johns Hopkins University and a JD from the George Washington Law School and he is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.

Ramona Heine

Before founding Heine & Kim Fiduciary Partners together with Michael Kim, Ramona Heine was Managing Director and Chief of Staff to UBS' Fund of Hedge Funds Business, Asset Management's Products areas, the Investment Specialists organization as well as UBS' Asset Servicing business (total of around 450 staff). Prior to this role she was responsible for UBS Asset Management's global Product Strategy, global Pricing, proprietary Capital as well as product development and mandate solutions for the fund of hedge funds business (UBS Hedge Fund Solutions, manager of the A&Q product range), the single manager hedge fund business (O'Connor), the UBS infrastructure and Private Equity businesses as well as product developments in the Real Estate business. Furthermore, Ramona was responsible for the ongoing servicing and management of the joint venture relationship between UBS Hedge Fund Solutions and the UBS Wealth Management channel in relation to product features and service level agreements. Previously, Ramona was responsible for the launch and set-up of products, advisory relationships and customized solutions relating to hedge funds and fund of hedge funds for the A&Q product range, which included solutions for both institutional as well as private clients. Prior to joining UBS in 2007, Ramona ran the product development and business strategy for both hedge funds and structured products at Threadneedle Investments in London. Prior to joining Threadneedle, she worked at Coronation International in London where she was overseeing Product Development and Client Services of the fund of hedge fund business. Ramona began her career in 1996, when she joined Commerzbank in Germany where she worked in several roles including as an analyst in the asset allocation team in the wealth management division and as a product developer in the asset management division.