Gordon Watson is listed as an executive officer on 11 SEC Form D filings by 6 issuers between Mar 2011 and Oct 2012. Largest by amount reported sold: Ore Hill International Fund II Ltd. (George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (as filed: E9) — pooled investment fund — 2011; $1.07B reported sold to 147 investors), Ore Hill Fund II L.P. (New York, NY — pooled investment fund — 2011; $535.1M reported sold to 114 investors), GLG Ore Hill Levered Credit Fund Ltd. (Wilmington, DE — pooled investment fund — 2011–2012; $348.9M reported sold to 19 investors), GLG Ore Hill Levered Credit Fund LP (New York, NY — pooled investment fund — 2011–2012; $53.2M reported sold to 15 investors), Ore Hill Japan Credit Opportunities Fund Ltd. (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (as filed: A6) — pooled investment fund — 2011–2012; $16.1M reported sold to 1 investors) and 1 more (all listed below).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 6 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer. Across those companies the filings report $2.03B sold in total.
Listed alongside Benjamin E. Nickoll (11 shared filings), Frederick Wahl (11 shared filings), Edward Stearns (7 shared filings), John Irish (7 shared filings), Alok Makhija (5 shared filings) and 11 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Gordon. Each name links to their own page.
All 6 issuers belong to the sponsor group Ore Hill (15 issuers, $3.53B reported sold, 2009–2013).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Ore Hill has 15 companies on file and $3.53B reported sold in total — the group page shows the whole track record in one place.
Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 4 court cases matching the name, 7 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 11 records came back. Each one is listed below with a link to the original document and a line saying why it matched. A name match is not proof it is the same person or company — read the why line and the document. Being sued or named in a release is an accusation, not a finding.
We compared 11 public filings for Gordon Watson and found 7 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: 4 people are no longer listed on a later amendment; and more below.
What this means These are differences between the sponsor's own SEC filings — both values, dates and sources are listed in Key records, section 4. Most have ordinary explanations; ask the sponsor.