Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP‘s New York-based regulatory specialists are adept at tackling issues pertaining to a range of private funds, advising hedge, private equity and VC fund managers on SEC investigations and internal compliance procedures, and with an increasing focus on the matters straddling the boundary between fund regulations and generative AI. The practice is also noted for its work in the broker-dealer sector, where it focuses on Dodd-Frank and Volcker Rule compliance in addition to liaising with FINRA and the SEC, including regarding the proposed Consolidated Audit Trail program. Craig Warkol and Julian Rainero specialize in broker-dealer regulatory enforcement matters, including those tied to securities trading. Co-managing partner Marc Elovitz and Kelly Koscuiszka guide fund managers through the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, with the former also assisting with digital asset trading and blockchain issues. Banking regulatory issues are the primary focus of Donald Mosher’s practice, which encompasses the licensing of money transmitters and payment processors.

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Key clients

  • AB CarVal Investors LP
  • Anchorage Capital Group, L.L.C.
  • Bayview Asset Management, LLC
  • Brookfield Investment Management Inc.
  • Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
  • Clear Street LLC
  • Dash Financial Technologies LLC
  • Engine No. 1
  • Fidelity/National Financial Services LLC
  • Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial
  • Instinet, LLC/Nomura Group
  • Interactive Brokers LLC
  • LeveL ATS
  • Nexo Capital Inc.
  • Olympus Peak Asset Management LP
  • Pantera Capital
  • Robinhood Securities, LLC
  • Société Générale S.A./ SG Americas Securities, LLC
  • Tiger Global Management, LLC
  • Tudor Investment Corporation
  • Ant Group
  • Brex Inc.
  • Circle Internet Financial, LLC
  • Entrata, Inc.
  • Fiserv
  • Nexo Capital Inc.
  • Visa Inc.
  • Walmart Inc.
  • The Western Union Company
  • WorldRemit Ltd. (Zepz)

Work highlights

  • Advised Portfolio Advisors as special regulatory counsel in a definitive agreement to combine with FS Investments.
  • Represented Nexo Capital Inc. in the resolution of parallel investigations brought by the SEC, CFPB, and numerous state regulatory agencies related to the company’s offering of an interest-earning product.
  • Assisted Ant Group and Alipay in all phases of the money transmission licensing application process.

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Craig Warkol, Donald Mosher, Julian Rainero, Marc Elovitz, Kelly Koscuiszka