Clifford Chance

Banking & Finance

Jeff Berman is a partner in the firm’s US Financial Services Regulatory Group, with a practice that focuses on regulatory matters involving US and non-US investment funds, asset managers, banking organizations and bank holding companies, and includes private equity and hedge fund formation and financial institutions M&A. Jeff has over 25 years’ experience with US bank and securities regulation. He advises clients on the operations of foreign banking organizations in the United States, capital adequacy rules and prudential standards, and regulatory approvals for acquisitions and new activities, as well as on compliance matters involving investment advisers, private offerings, and fund governance. Most recently, Jeff has been advising the firm’s global clients on the strategic impact of regulatory reform under the Dodd-Frank Act and the JOBS Act, including with respect to private equity and hedge fund marketing, investment adviser registration and reporting, Volcker Rule compliance, and enhanced supervision of systemically important banks.

University of Virginia (JD), 1986; University of Rochester (BA), 1980