Schulte Roth & Zabel has appointed Jason L Behrens as special counsel in the firm’s New York office. He centers his practice on the structuring, formation and negotiation of private equity and hedge funds.
Behrens previously served as an associate at the firm and re-joins after having served as general counsel at ACE Portal, Inc.
Behrens has represented a wide variety of fund sponsors, asset managers and institutional investors in all stages of private equity funds, real estate funds, secondaries funds, funds of funds and other alternative asset classes, both domestically and internationally. He deals regularly with issues relating to the Securities Act, the Investment Company Act, the Investment Advisers Act, ERISA and tax. He also has significant private equity, venture capital and mergers and acquisitions transactional experience.
“We are pleased to welcome Jason back to the firm. He is a highly skilled lawyer and his arrival further strengthens our depth of practice,” says Joseph A Smith, a partner in SRZ’s Investment Management Group, who is among the most recognised private funds lawyers in the industry.
“Jason is an excellent addition to the firm and he joins a stellar group of lawyers who provide counsel to leading private equity firms,” says Alan S Waldenberg, chair of SRZ’s Executive Committee.
The firm’s private equity lawyers are involved in every aspect of the private equity investment process. SRZ advises on the formation of leveraged buyout, venture capital, real estate, secondaries and mezzanine funds, and represents these funds and other private equity investors in acquisitions, financings and realisation events, including sales or public offerings.
“he firm also provides extensive legal advice in connection with private equity fund governance and compliance issues, as well as legal advice concerning the management of private equity firms. The 2015 Preqin Global Private Equity & Venture Capital Report named SRZ among the “Leading Law Firms in Fund Formation.”
“I am delighted to return to SRZ, where I work alongside the highly regarded lawyers of the firm’s preeminent investment management practice,” says Behrens, who holds a JD from Georgetown University Law Center and a BS from Cornell University.
