Derek Steingarten, a partner in the firm’s Business Law Department and a member of its Financial Services Group, focuses his practice on investment management and other financial services matters, including hedge funds, mutual funds and other investment structures, financial services merger and acquisition transactions and regulatory compliance.
WORK FOR CLIENTS
Mr. Steingarten has significant experience advising registered and unregistered investment advisers, banks and other institutions, as well as the independent directors of mutual funds, regarding complex regulatory issues that impact asset management businesses and the investment products they sponsor. He has particular expertise with the formation and ongoing offering of public and private investment vehicles, including onshore and offshore hedge funds, open-end and closed-end mutual funds and other types of equity, fixed income and money market products. Mr. Steingarten’s transactional practice involves structuring and negotiating mergers and other strategic transactions for affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds, investment advisers, private funds and other financial services businesses.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Prior to and while attending law school, Mr. Steingarten worked for the Government of Canada within the Department of Justice and the Department of Foreign Affairs. He is fluent in French and Spanish.
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
Mr. Steingarten is admitted to practice in Massachusetts.
RECOGNITION
Since 2008, Mr. Steingarten has been recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, an annual referral guide to leading lawyers in the United States based on the opinions of their clients and peers. The 2011 edition of Chambers USA described Mr. Steingarten as “excellent when it comes to the application of legal principles.”