The growing financial services team at Eversheds Sutherland provides major life insurers and asset managers with the structuring and operation of interval funds, exchange traded funds and mutual funds. An area of particular strength for the team is with business development companies, where the team often acts as fund counsel. A trio of practitioners lead the Washington DC-based team: Stephen Roth, who has particular strength in the area of 1940 Act registered separate account insurance products, Steven Boehm, who focuses his practice on BDCs and Cynthia Krus, who advises on the development on innovative investment vehicles and novel ways to raise capital. Owen Pinkerton covers regulatory and transactional matters for various fund types, including BDCs and interval funds. Eric Simanek counts various financial services companies and their funds to his client roster, while Sara Sabour Nasseri, who specializes in raising capital and market launches, made partner in January 2024.
Key clients
- A3 Financial Investments
- AIG
Work highlights
- Represented the business development companies that comprise Blue Owl Capital’s credit platform on various matters, including, among others, on advising Blue Owl Credit Income on its on-going US$7.5 billion public offering.
- Advising a coalition of 32 major US life insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers in their efforts to affect the direction and details of various relevant SEC, FINRA and US Department of Labor rule proposals and initiatives.