Overview
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Allison Scher Bernbach to its New York office as partner and head of the US private equity fund regulatory practice. Allison advises investment funds and private equity sponsors in the increasingly complex regulatory landscape, including through US Securities and Exchange Commission examinations, private fund formations, the full structuring of compliance programs, and investment manager acquisitions.
“The investment funds and private equity markets involve many regulatory considerations. Allison’s experience will further bolster our critical regulatory capabilities,” said Harris Siskind, global head of McDermott’s Transactions Practice Group. “We continue to see an uptick in demand in this space, and we’re delighted to welcome Allison to the team to enhance this power alley practice.”
Allison has over 25 years of experience counseling private fund advisers on regulatory and compliance issues, including in connection with the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Her extensive regulatory compliance experience includes advising global, multi-strategy asset management firms and private equity sponsors as both outside and in-house counsel. She previously served as managing director and chief compliance officer of a large private equity investment firm.
“I’m thrilled to join McDermott and support my clients with first-class resources,” said Allison. “The Firm’s entrepreneurial spirit, focus on growth, and cross-practice collaboration will provide an excellent platform for my practice.”
McDermott’s Corporate & Transactional Practice Group includes more than 560 lawyers across more than 20 offices globally. The team regularly counsels public and private companies, financial institutions, and private equity firms across various industries on high-impact, transformative transactions. Our lawyers develop forward-thinking solutions, advising clients on everything from mergers and acquisitions to financing deals, investments, fund formations, commercial contracts, capital markets transactions, and restructurings. We lead complex, cross-border transactions in health; energy and project finance; real estate; technology and artificial intelligence; insurance; alcohol; food and beverage; and media, entertainment and sports, among other industries. In Chambers, clients noted that our “wealth of knowledge and sound, practical advice is extremely helpful.” And with a network of lawyers across multiple jurisdictions worldwide, our transactions team brings value to clients wherever they do business. McDermott is recognized as a top-tier law firm for transactions by leading league tables, including Mergermarket, LSEG, The Deal, Bloomberg, and PitchBook.
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