Derek Steingarten represents fund sponsors and other institutional asset managers. Derek is experienced in analyzing complex issues and managing multi-faceted legal and business challenges related to fund formation, governance, and regulation.
Derek’s deep experience with funds and asset managers of varied size and scope allows him to advise on transactional and regulatory issues in a way that is tailored to the life cycle of his clients’ businesses and product offerings. He has day-to-day legal experience with the capital raising, marketing, and compliance needs of private equity, hedge, and other private funds, funds-of-funds, sub-advised funds, bank collective funds, and institutional separate accounts, and managed account platforms. His approach as an advocate for his clients always targets workable solutions that reflect changes in law and industry norms without getting bogged down in ineffective regulatory approaches or distractions.
He has over two decades of board-level expertise in managing governance and 1940 Act regulatory oversight for registered funds and their service providers, including oversight of investigations and regulatory enforcement and examination responses.
In addition, Derek’s work for clients involves a significant transactional component. This includes leading negotiations and conducting due diligence for his clients when they acquire other firms, enter new business lines or onboard talent through M&A activity, lift-outs, and other strategic combinations and restructurings.
Derek has been recognized by various client-driven legal directories such as Chambers USA and The Legal 500 as a leading legal practitioner in the investment management/funds industry.
