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Ropes & Gray LLP Offices

Ropes & Gray LLP
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NEW YORK, NY 10036
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Sarah Davidoff

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1-212-596-9017 sarah.davidoff@ropesgray.com

Work Department

Asset Management

Position

Partner

Career

With a career spanning more than two decades, Sarah Davidoff is a partner in the asset management group and a co-head of Ropes & Gray’s Client Program. The world’s largest and most prominent US and non-US alternative asset managers turn to Sarah for guidance on issues relating to the formation, fundraising and operation of their private equity funds, growth funds, hybrid funds, credit funds and hedge funds. In Chambers USA, Sarah’s clients have commended her as being “uniquely talented,” praising her ability “to take the legal theory and really put it into practice” and to be “a strategic advisor” that is “incredibly proactive” and able to “mobilize all the capabilities of Ropes & Gray.” As such, Sarah’s clients “very much view her as a critical partner,” recognize that Sarah “universally has the highest regard or her peers” and notice that, “of her competitors, she [is] their top referral.”

Sarah has particular expertise with spinouts, reorganizations, asset management M&A transactions, seed arrangements, high net worth access products, structuring internal compensation programs, designing bespoke and hybrid investment vehicles and launching innovative fund products. Sarah’s esteemed client roster and proven track record of making an impact on fund managers, and, more recently her cutting-edge work in advising on cryptocurrencies, demonstrates she is among the top women in the industry. Sarah regularly advises clients at the forefront of the constantly evolving regulatory and compliance landscape, is a frequent speaker at conferences, forums and other seminars in the private funds industry, and has contributed to a number of well-known legal publications.

Education

  • JD, New York University School of Law, 1996
  • AB, with High Distinction, University of Michigan, 1993

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds

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Sarah Davidoff – Ropes & Gray LLP

With a ‘very deep bench‘ and investment fund lawyers that can ‘handle myriad topics‘, Ropes & Gray LLP is equipped to assist with the full spectrum of hedge fund matters. Fund formation, operational and regulatory matters at the highest level are all routinely covered, and the client base includes all types of hedge fund sponsors, from large institutional managers to start-ups. The practice is represented at the firm’s offices across the country and work often has cross-border components too. Leigh Fraser has been an instrumental figure in building the practice over the past decade and is a renowned figure across the broader asset management market. She divides her time between the New York and Boston offices and co-leads the broader funds department with Peter Laybourn in Boston and Morri Weinberg in New York. ‘Thoughtful, seasoned and very commercial‘ lawyer Laurel FitzPatrick in New York is the go-to figure for hedge fund work specifically and a pioneer in the space, having founded the practice group at the firm. Sarah Davidoff is another respected senior figure that acts for some of the largest hedge funds in the world, and Katie Waite in Boston is a more recent partner that comes with client recommendation. On the west coast, Melissa Bender in Silicon Valley is the name to note, along with October 2022 hire from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP Eric Requenez, who focuses on the real estate sector from New York.

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