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Fund Lawyers at McDermott Will & Schulte in New York

53 fund lawyers at McDermott Will & Schulte are listed in New York, of the 58 the firm lists in the directory. The practices they list most: fund formation (40), funds regulatory (27) and private equity funds (27).

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All of McDermott Will & Schulte’s 58 fund lawyers Every firm’s fund lawyers in New York

Partners in New York

53 people

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New York, NY53
Atlanta, GA1

New York53
Georgia1

Emerging Managers4
Large Sponsors2
Family Offices2

GPs and Sponsors37
LPs and Investors13

Arosa Capital Management1
Blackstone1
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission1

Russian2
Chinese1
Dutch1
German1

Named in our news2

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					Primary practice			Prior firms
Prem Amarnani	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Secondaries +1	Fund formation	–	Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Stevens Institute of Technology	–
Christopher S. Avellaneda	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Funds regulatory	Funds regulatory	–	Harvard, George Washington University	–
Christopher O. Bell	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Private equity funds, Private credit funds +1	Private equity funds	–	Fordham, NYU +1	–
Philippe Benedict	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private credit funds +4	Fund tax	–	NYU, Adelphi University	–
Allison Scher Bernbach	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Secondaries +1	Funds regulatory	–	NYU, Binghamton University	–
Stephanie R. Breslow	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +6	Fund formation	–	Columbia, Harvard	–
Kimberly L. Broder	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Hedge funds +1	Hedge funds	–	New York Law School, Emory University	–
Michael G. Brown	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +5	Fund formation	–	Harvard, George Washington University	–
Alissa Cardillo	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +2	Fund formation	–	Brooklyn Law School, University at Albany	–
David J. Efron	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Hedge funds +2	Hedge funds	–	Georgetown, Syracuse University +1	–
Marc E. Elovitz	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Hedge funds, Funds regulatory	Funds regulatory	–	NYU, Wesleyan University	–
Jonathan Feiler	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private credit funds +1	Fund formation	–	Boston University, University at Albany	Blackstone, Arosa Capital Management
John T. Fitzgerald	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private credit funds +1	Fund formation	–	George Washington University, University of Michigan	–
Peter D. Greene	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Hedge funds +1	Hedge funds	–	Northwestern, University of Michigan	–
David S. Griffel	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Hedge funds, Fund tax	Fund tax	–	NYU, Harvard	–
Leslie W. Hung	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +4	Fund formation	–	NYU, University of Pennsylvania	–
Daniel F. Hunter	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private credit funds +2	Hedge funds	–	University of Michigan	–
Luc Jansen	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +3	Fund formation	–	Columbia, University of +1	–
Jason S. Kaplan	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +4	Fund formation	–	Fordham, University of Michigan	–
Ele Klein	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Secondaries	–	–	Yale, Brooklyn College	–
Bill Kloos	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation	Fund formation	–	Georgetown, Syracuse University	–
Kelly Koscuiszka	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Funds regulatory	Funds regulatory	–	Georgetown, Rutgers University	–
Ian L. Levin	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY +1	Fund formation, Private equity funds +1	–	–	NYU, Emory University +1	–
David Lifshitz	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +2	Fund formation	–	University of Pennsylvania, Excelsior College	–
John T. Lutz	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund tax	Fund tax	–	NYU, Villanova University +1	–
Andrew M. Mazzarella	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +2	Fund formation	–	Fordham, College of the Holy Cross	–
Jim McCann	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Fund tax	Fund tax	–	Cornell, Rutgers University	–
Shawn R. McCune	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +5	Fund formation	–	Boston University, Middlebury College	–
Erica Moscarello	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +3	Fund formation	–	Fordham, University of Michigan	–
Donald J. Mosher	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation	–	–	St. John's University, Stony Brook University	–
Peter G. Naismith	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +3	Fund formation	–	Duke, University of Melbourne +2	–
Daniel R. Neer	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +2	Fund formation	–	Syracuse University, Boston College	–
David Nestler	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +4	Fund formation	–	George Washington University, Trinity College	–
Lauren Nevidomsky	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +2	Fund formation	–	University of Virginia, Binghamton University	–
David Nissenbaum	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +5	Private credit funds	–	Brooklyn Law School, University at Albany	–
Daniel V. Oshinsky	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Private equity funds, Venture funds +4	Fund finance	–	NYU, Yeshiva University	–
Eileen Overbaugh	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Venture funds +2	Hedge funds	–	Seton Hall University, Drew University	–
Paul N. Roth	McDermott Will & Schulte	Senior Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +2	Fund formation	–	Harvard	–
Gregory D. Ruback	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Private credit funds, Fund finance	Private credit funds	–	Fordham, Babson College	–
Ian M. Schwartz	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +5	Fund formation	–	Georgetown, University of Florida	–
Phyllis A. Schwartz	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +4	Fund formation	–	Columbia, Smith College	–
Tarik M. Shah	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Private equity funds, Hedge funds +1	Funds regulatory	–	Rutgers Law School, Tufts University	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Joseph A. Smith	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +6	Fund formation	–	NYU, Columbia	–
Ellen Marie Snare	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund finance	–	–	Georgetown, NYU	–
Anthony J. Taylor	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +2	Fund formation	–	Columbia, Georgetown	–
Alan S. Waldenberg	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +4	Fund tax	–	Harvard, University of Maryland	–
Thomas R. Weinberger	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation	–	–	Columbia, Yeshiva University	–
Marc Weingarten	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +3	–	–	Georgetown, University of Pennsylvania	–
John J. Weldon IV	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +2	Fund formation	–	Syracuse University, Brandeis International Business School +1	–
Hannah J. Wells	McDermott Will & Schulte	Partner	New York, NY	Fund formation, Private equity funds +5	Fund tax	–	NYU, Columbia	–

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Prem Amarnani
Partner
New York, NYAlso secondaries
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP and LP side. Acts for both fund sponsors and investors, as the firm’s bio says.
Christopher S. Avellaneda
Partner
New York, NY
- Leads with: Funds regulatory. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
Christopher O. Bell
Partner
New York, NYAlso fund finance
- Leads with: Private equity funds. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
Philippe Benedict
Partner
New York, NYAlso fund formation, private credit funds, real estate funds + 2 more
- Leads with: Fund tax. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
Allison Scher Bernbach
Partner
New York, NYAlso fund formation, secondaries
- Leads with: Funds regulatory. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
Stephanie R. Breslow
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, venture funds, private credit funds + 4 more
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP and LP side. Acts for both fund sponsors and investors, as the firm’s bio says.
Kimberly L. Broder
Partner
New York, NYAlso fund formation, funds regulatory
- Leads with: Hedge funds. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP and LP side. Acts for both fund sponsors and investors, as the firm’s bio says.
Michael G. Brown
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, venture funds, private credit funds + 3 more
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP and LP side. Acts for both fund sponsors and investors, as the firm’s bio says.
Alissa Cardillo
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, hedge funds, funds regulatory
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
David J. Efron
Partner
New York, NYAlso fund formation, secondaries, funds regulatory
- Leads with: Hedge funds. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
Marc E. Elovitz
Partner
New York, NY
- Leads with: Funds regulatory. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
Jonathan Feiler
Partner
New York, NYAlso private credit funds, funds regulatory
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
- In our news. Named in 1 story in FundOpsHQ news.
John T. Fitzgerald
Partner
New York, NYAlso private credit funds, funds regulatory
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
Peter D. Greene
Partner
New York, NYAlso fund formation, funds regulatory
- Leads with: Hedge funds. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
David S. Griffel
Partner
New York, NY
- Leads with: Fund tax. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
Leslie W. Hung
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, private credit funds, real estate funds + 1 more
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP and LP side. Acts for both fund sponsors and investors, as the firm’s bio says.
- In our news. Named in 1 story in FundOpsHQ news.
Daniel F. Hunter
Partner
New York, NYAlso fund formation, private credit funds, funds regulatory
- Leads with: Hedge funds. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
Luc Jansen
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, private credit funds, real estate funds + 1 more
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
Jason S. Kaplan
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, private credit funds, hedge funds + 2 more
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP and LP side. Acts for both fund sponsors and investors, as the firm’s bio says.
Ele Klein
Partner
New York, NYPractices: Secondaries
Bill Kloos
Partner
New York, NY
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
Kelly Koscuiszka
Partner
New York, NY
- Leads with: Funds regulatory. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
Ian L. Levin
Partner
New York, NY + 1 morePractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Hedge funds
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
David Lifshitz
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, hedge funds, funds regulatory
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
John T. Lutz
Partner
New York, NY
- Leads with: Fund tax. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
Andrew M. Mazzarella
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, hedge funds, funds regulatory
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
Jim McCann
Partner
New York, NY
- Leads with: Fund tax. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
Shawn R. McCune
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, venture funds, real estate funds + 2 more
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
Erica Moscarello
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, private credit funds, hedge funds + 1 more
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP and LP side. Acts for both fund sponsors and investors, as the firm’s bio says.
Donald J. Mosher
Partner
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
Peter G. Naismith
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, private credit funds, hedge funds + 1 more
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP and LP side. Acts for both fund sponsors and investors, as the firm’s bio says.
Daniel R. Neer
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, hedge funds, funds regulatory
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
David Nestler
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, secondaries
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP and LP side. Acts for both fund sponsors and investors, as the firm’s bio says.
Lauren Nevidomsky
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, hedge funds
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
David Nissenbaum
Partner
New York, NYAlso fund formation, private equity funds, infrastructure funds + 3 more
- Leads with: Private credit funds. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
Daniel V. Oshinsky
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, venture funds, private credit funds + 2 more
- Leads with: Fund finance. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
Eileen Overbaugh
Partner
New York, NYAlso fund formation, venture funds, secondaries
- Leads with: Hedge funds. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP and LP side. Acts for both fund sponsors and investors, as the firm’s bio says.
Paul N. Roth
Senior Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, hedge funds, funds regulatory
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
Gregory D. Ruback
Partner
New York, NYAlso fund finance
- Leads with: Private credit funds. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
Ian M. Schwartz
Partner
New York, NYAlso private credit funds, infrastructure funds, secondaries + 1 more
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP and LP side. Acts for both fund sponsors and investors, as the firm’s bio says.
Phyllis A. Schwartz
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, venture funds, private credit funds + 2 more
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
Tarik M. Shah
Partner
New York, NY
- Leads with: Funds regulatory. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- Former SEC. Lists the SEC among past employers, on the firm’s bio.
Joseph A. Smith
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, venture funds, private credit funds + 4 more
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
Ellen Marie Snare
Partner
New York, NYPractices: Fund finance
Anthony J. Taylor
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, private credit funds, hedge funds
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
Alan S. Waldenberg
Partner
New York, NYAlso fund formation, private equity funds, private credit funds + 1 more
- Leads with: Fund tax. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
Thomas R. Weinberger
Partner
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation
Marc Weingarten
Partner
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation, Private equity funds, Venture funds + 2 more
- GP and LP side. Acts for both fund sponsors and investors, as the firm’s bio says.
John J. Weldon IV
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, hedge funds, funds regulatory
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
Hannah J. Wells
Partner
New York, NYAlso fund formation, private equity funds, private credit funds + 3 more
- Leads with: Fund tax. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
David S. Wermuth
Partner
New York, NYAlso fund formation, private equity funds
- Leads with: Fund tax. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.
Boris Ziser
Partner
New York, NYPractices: Fund formation
- Since 2006. In practice since 2006, from the firm’s bio.
- GP and LP side. Acts for both fund sponsors and investors, as the firm’s bio says.
Lina E. Ziurys
Partner
New York, NYAlso private equity funds, private credit funds, hedge funds + 1 more
- Leads with: Fund formation. The practice the firm’s bio leads with.
- GP side. Acts for fund sponsors (GPs), as the firm’s bio says.

Practices in New York

People in this office listing each practice; one person may list several.

McDermott Will & Schulte’s other offices

People the firm lists in each city. A city with eight or more has its own page.

Chicago3
Atlanta1
Nashville1
San Francisco1

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Facts from mcdermottlaw.com, in surname order: the people whose bio pages give them an office in New York. Someone with two offices counts in both. A count, not a rating; nobody pays to be listed. How the directory works