Stephanie R. Breslow

Practice Areas

Investment management, partnerships and securities

Education

Selected Publications

Book
Private Equity Funds: Formation and Operation, Practising Law Institute, 2008 (co-author)

Articles
 “‘Alternative’ Investment Managers and Bankruptcy: The Brave New World of Chapter 11,” Journal of Private Equity/Turnaround Management, Spring 2007 (co-author)

“Hedge Fund Investment In Private Equity,” PLC Cross-Border Handbooks, Private Equity, 2005–06

“Hedge Funds in Private Equity,” SRZ Investment Management Developments, Fall 2005

“Distressed and Vulture Funds Structure and Formation,” SRZ Private Equity Developments, Spring 2005

“Seventh Circuit Partially Reverses SEC Ruling on Allocations,” Investment Management Developments, Winter 2005

“Use of ‘Target’ Returns Lead to NASD Enforcement Action,” SRZ Investment Management Developments, September 2004

“Planning for Hedge Fund Manager’s Succession,” Institutional Investor’s Alpha, April 2004

“Issues in Structuring Ownership and Compensation for Key Personnel of Private Investment Funds,” The Capital Guide to Offshore Funds, 2000 edition (co-author)

“New York and Delaware Business Entities: Choice, Formation, Operation, Financing and Acquisitions,” West, September 1997 (co-author)

“New York Limited Liability Companies: A Guide to Law and Practice,” West, March 1995 (co-author)

Selected Speaking Engagements

"Debt Oriented Funds," 9th Annual Private Equity Forum, PLI, July 14-15, 2008

“New Issues in Regulation and Valuation of Alternative Investments,” IBA 19th Annual Conference on the Globalisation of Investment Funds, June 4, 2008

“Investment Opportunities in Distressed Credit Markets,” SRZ Investment Management Hot Topics Seminar, April 16, 2008

“Issues in Structuring Ownership and Compensation,” New York City Bar Association Hedge Funds Formation, Operation & Compliance Conference, April 14, 2008

“Managing Conflicts – Hedge Fund Issues and Disclosure Issues for Investment Banks,” SIFMA Compliance & Legal Division’s 40th Annual Seminar, March 30– April 2, 2008

“Strategic Investment in Fund Managers,” SRZ 17th Annual Private Investment Funds Seminar, Jan. 15, 2008

“Tax & Regulatory Considerations,” Practising Law Institute/Capital Roundtable Eighth Annual Private Equity Forum, July 16–17, 2007

“Permanent Capital for Hedge Funds and Convergence of Fund Strategies,” Practising Law Institute Hedge Funds 2007 Conference, June 6, 2007

“Hedge Funds Formation, Operation and Compliance,” New York City Bar Association Conference, May 7, 2007

“Managing Conflicts,” SIFMA Compliance & Legal Division’s Annual Seminar, March 25–28, 2007

“Fund Formation Issues for Activist Funds," Citigroup, Dec. 7, 2006

“New Hybrid Hedge Fund/Private Equity Firms – Recent Regulatory Issues and Due Diligence," Harvard Club, Dec. 5, 2006

“Convergence of Hedge Fund and Private Equity Strategies,” Practicing Law Institute’s Hedge Funds 2006: The Changing Regulatory Landscape, Sept. 27, 2006

“Fundamentals of Hedge Funds: Structure and Investment Programs, Fee Arrangements and Tax Issues, Derivative Transactions with Hedge Funds, and Conflicts and Ethical Issues,” Citigroup, Sept. 6, 2006

“Off-Shore Hedge Funds,” Securities and Exchange Commission, Compliance Division, Aug. 21, 2006

“Recent Trends in Private Equity Funds,” Practising Law Institute Seventh Annual Private Equity Forum, July 10, 2006

“Platform Development and Distribution,” Security Industry Association Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments seminar, June 14, 2006

“Structuring 202: Side Pocketing of Illiquid Securities,” Financial Research Associates Offshore Funds – Structure, Compliance & Operations Summit, May 11, 2006

“Issues in Structuring Ownership and Compensation Arrangements for Key Personnel of Private Investment Funds,” New York City Bar Association Conference, May 5, 2006

“Regulatory Sweeps: Past, Present & Future,” SRZ Hedge Fund Compliance Investment Management Hot Topics Seminar Series, March 15, 2006

“Private Equity Funds: Structures, Terms & Conditions,” New York City Bar Association, Feb. 16, 2006

“Conflicts and Information Barriers,” SRZ 15th Annual Private Investment Funds Seminar, Jan. 19, 2006

“Structures for Employee Investment,” SRZ 14th Annual Private Investment Funds Seminar, Jan. 20, 2005

“Regulation and Registration: The Impact of Proposed Changes on Risk and Returns,” Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, May 4, 2004

“Issues Facing Private Equity Firms in Structuring Carried Interest Programmes,” International Bar Association, March 1, 2004

“The New Legal and Regulatory Landscape for Hedge Funds,” Blackstone Investor Conference, Dec. 2, 2003

Memberships

Founding Member and Steering Committee, Wall Street Hedge Fund Forum

Founding Member and Past Chair, Private Investment Fund Forum

Hedge Funds Care

    Member, Committee of Hearts, 2003–04

Member, Board of Directors, 100 Women in Hedge Funds

Member, Board of Trustees, The Joyce Theater, New York

New York City Bar Association

    Corporation Law Committee, 1993–96

    Chair, Subcommittee on Business Trusts, 1995–96

    Member, Committee on the Revised Uniform Partnership Act, 1993–96

Other Distinctions

Listed as a leading private funds lawyer in many publications, including:

•  The Best Lawyers in America
• Chambers Global – The World’s Leading Lawyers
• Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
• ^PLCCross-border Investment Funds Handbook
• ^PLC Which lawyer? Yearbook
• IFLR 1000
• Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America
• Legal 500
• New York Super Lawyers
• The International Who’s Who of Private Funds Lawyers
• The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers