Ropes & Gray LLP

Asset Management

Partner

Sarah is a partner in the asset management group. Sarah’s practice focuses on representing investment advisers and registered investment companies in regulatory, transactional, and compliance matters. She advises asset management clients regarding the establishment, registration, operation, and reorganization of registered open-end and closed-end fund products, including the development and offering of new funds, the formation of trading subsidiaries, and advice regarding investment activities, sub-advisory and other service provider relationships, exemptive relief, compliance programs, and board matters.

Sarah has significant experience in structuring and counseling registered investment companies employing alternative investment strategies, including liquid alternative multi-strategy funds, registered funds of hedge funds, and registered funds of private equity funds. She assists private fund advisers entering the registered fund space and provides advice to registered investment advisers with respect to regulatory and compliance issues.

JD, cum laude, Boston University School of Law, 2005; Note Development Editor, Boston University Law Review BS (International Business Administration), summa cum laude, Missouri State University, 2002