Cameron Roper is a Finance partner and member of the Private Capital industry group (working closely with the Private Funds Group).
Cameron specializes in funds finance and general lending and advisory work, acting for both fund managers and financial institutions. He regularly advises on net asset value (NAV) facilities, hybrid facilities and subscription line facilities, as well as general partner commitment, manager, carry and co-investment facilities. His experience covers a wide range of funds, including credit, large buyout and mid-market funds, venture, secondaries, infrastructure, real estate, fund of funds and emerging market funds.
Cameron was named by The Drawdown as one of the Influential Fund Finance Experts of 2022 and received the Fund Finance Association’s NextGen Member of the Year Award in 2021. He is ranked as an Up and Coming lawyer in the 2023 edition of Chambers where he is noted as being “incredibly collaborative, hard-working and great with clients; he is always looking for solutions”. He is also named as a Next Generation Partner in The Legal 500 Rankings where he is praised for being a “responsive and pragmatic partner who can work at speed when required” and recognized for being “innovative and thinking outside the box”.
Cameron received his Bachelor of Laws (with Honors) from the University of Western Australia and his Master of Banking and Finance Law from the University of Melbourne.
Education
- The College of Law, Australia, GDLP
- University of Western Australia, LL.B.
- University of Western Australia, B.A.
- FINSIA, Certificate in Applied Finance
- University of Melbourne, Master of Banking and Finance Law
Admissions & Qualifications
- United Kingdom
- Australia
Court Admissions
- High Court of Australia
- Supreme Court of New South Wales
- Supreme Court of Western Australia
Awards & Recognition
Named in The Drawdown list of Influential Fund Finance Experts of the Year 2022
Fund Finance Association Next Gen Member of the Year 2021
Chambers UK, Banking & Finance: Fund Finance: Up & Coming 2023-2025
Legal 500 UK: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Fund Finance 2022-2023, Next Generation 2024-2025