Colin Breeze founded Breeze Ventures Management, LLC in 2004. He brings deep private equity transactional and fund formation experience, expertise in Russian political economy, and access to CIS-focused private equity funds.
Through BVM, Colin has advised multiple investment sponsors and has taken a leading role in the development and implementation of alternative investment vehicles organized in the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, British Virgin Islands and multiple US jurisdictions, and has implemented asset management and holding structures via BVI, Cayman, the Netherlands, Guernsey and Cyprus.
Before forming BVM, Colin practiced law with WSGR and with Cadwalader, advising private and public companies and private equity funds in all aspects of their organization: capital raising, reporting, investor relations, transactions, intellectual property protection, governance and transparency. Colin remains an active member of the California and New York bar associations.
Colin has specialized in Russian political economy since 1995 when he was a Fellow with the Center for the Study of Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe at the University of Chicago.
Colin participates in analyzing direct and co-investment opportunities owing to specialized skills in value creation, deal structuring, and due diligence.
For a brief summary of Colin’s professional experience, click here.