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Akin Offices
ONE BRYANT PARK
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEW YORK
United States
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Dennis P. Pereira
Work Department
Partner, Investment Management
Position
Dennis Pereira’s practice focuses on the domestic and international fund industry. He represents fund sponsors in the formation, structuring and operation of private investment funds, including private equity and hedge funds that employ groundbreaking investment strategies. Dennis handles funds matters involving fund formation, capital-raising activities, ongoing operational activities, fund investment, and carried interest programs.
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Memberships
Committee Member, Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice
Education
J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law, with honors, 2007; B.A., Bates College, 2001
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
Prominent asset management firms, institutional investors and private fund managers across real estate, venture capital, energy and credit turn to Akin for their expertise on diverse private fund types. The team is regarded for being ‘knowledgeable about the market’, with a standout feature being their expertise on emerging market funds. Barbara Niederkofler leads the team out of New York and is supported in the team by credit funds expert Blayne Grady in Washington DC, and Dennis Pereira in New York, who clients recommend ‘without hesitation’. Notable team developments in 2023 include the partner promotions of Jason Glennon in Dallas and Amanda Butler-Jones in Washington DC.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism