Gerchen Capital Management, LLC, doing business as Gerchen Capital Partners (the
“Adviser” or “GCP”), is a Delaware limited liability company founded in 2021 to serve as an
investment platform focused on legal and regulatory assets and other litigation-related
opportunities.
The Adviser provides discretionary investment advisory services to its advisory clients,
which include private fund limited partnerships and other private fund advisory clients
(collectively, the “Funds”).
Certain Funds are affiliated with a general partner (“General Partner”) which is affiliated with
GCP and has the authority to make investment decisions on behalf of the Funds. The
General Partners are deemed registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Advisers Act”),
pursuant to GCP’s registration in accordance with SEC guidance. The applicable General
Partner and/or GCP retains investment discretion and investors in the Funds do not
participate in the control or management of the Funds. While the General Partners maintain
ultimate authority over the respective Funds, GCP has been designated the role of
investment adviser. For more information about the Funds and General Partners, please
see GCP’s Form ADV Part 1, Schedule D, Section 7.A. and Section 7.B.(1).
GCP provides investment advisory services to its Funds based on each Fund’s specific
investment program and objectives. These objectives are described in and governed by the
private placement memorandum (as applicable), limited partnership agreement,
subscription agreements, side letter agreements and other governing documents of the
relevant Fund (collectively, “Governing Documents”) and investors determine the suitability
of an investment in a Fund based on, among other things, the Governing Documents.
GCP and its affiliates have broad investment authority and offer advice on investments in
litigation finance or other legal or regulatory opportunities, which generally includes entering
into other structures or contractual arrangements, the value of which are derived from the
performance or outcome of an underlying legal claim or series of legal claims, or other legal
or regulatory processes. The Adviser provides investment advice to the Funds, not to the
individual investors in the Funds.
The Adviser on occasion will establish certain partnerships, such as co-investment vehicles,
that are designed to invest
in one or more specific investments alongside the Funds. To the
extent that such co-investment opportunities arise, the General Partners will first offer such
opportunities to those investors with priority co-investment rights; thereafter, the Adviser is
permitted to offer such co-investment opportunities to other investors in the Funds, or in
another manner as permitted by the Governing Documents, at the Adviser’s sole discretion.
Fund investors generally cannot impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or
types of securities, other than through side letter agreements. Investors in the Funds
participate in the overall investment program for the applicable Fund and generally cannot
be excused from a particular investment except in certain circumstances pursuant to the
terms of the applicable Governing Documents. In accordance with industry common
practice, GCP has entered into side letters or similar agreements with certain strategic
investors in the Funds that have the effect of establishing rights under, or altering or
supplementing, a Fund’s Governing Documents. These additional rights include, but are
not limited to: reporting rights, and additional advisory committee participation rights among
other rights. These rights, benefits or privileges are not always made available to all
investors, consistent with the Governing Documents and general market practice.
Commencing in March 2025, the Adviser will make required disclosure of certain side letters
to all investors (and in certain cases, to prospective investors) in accordance with the new
Private Fund Rule. Side letters are negotiated at the time of the relevant investor’s capital
commitment, and once invested in a Fund, investors generally cannot impose additional
investment guidelines or restrictions on such Fund. There can be no assurance that the
side letter rights granted to one or more investors will not in certain cases disadvantage
other investors.
The Adviser does not participate in wrap fee programs.
Principals Ownership
GCP is indirectly owned by Chief Executive Officer Adam Gerchen and Chief Investment
Officer Ashley Keller and Managing Director Warren Postman through their ownership
interests in GCP Holdings, LP.
Regulatory Assets Under Management
As of the date of filing this Form ADV, GCP managed approximately $1.091 billion of
regulatory assets under management, all managed on a discretionary basis.