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Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Offices

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
919 THIRD AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10022
NEW YORK
United States
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Ms Jennifer Dunn

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+1 212.756.2009 jennifer.dunn@srz.com

Work Department

Investment Management, Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Blockchain Technology & Digital Assets

Position

Jennifer M. Dunn focuses her practice on advising hedge funds, private equity funds (including mezzanine and distressed funds), hybrid funds, funds of funds and investment advisers in connection with their structuring, formation and ongoing operational needs, general securities laws matters, and regulatory and compliance issues. Her experience includes structuring and negotiating seed and strategic investments, advising investment managers regarding the structure and sale of their investment management businesses and the structure of their compensation arrangements, and representing investment managers in connection with managed accounts and single investor funds.

Jennifer was named among the world’s “50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds” by The Hedge Fund Journal. A member of the board of directors of 100 Women in Finance, Jennifer is recognized by The Legal 500 US, Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Banking, Finance and Transactional Law Lawyers (Investment Funds), Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law (Investment Funds) and has been named an IFLR1000 “Rising Star” (Investment Funds). She co-authored Hedge Funds: Formation, Operation and Regulation (ALM Law Journal Press) and presented at conferences on topics including attracting and retaining capital, operational due diligence, compliance issues, hedge funds and management company structures and considerations for emerging hedge fund managers.

Memberships

Board of Directors, 100 Women in Finance

Education

Columbia Law School, JD (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar); University of Pennsylvania, BA, cum laude.

Lawyer Rankings

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

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Jennifer Dunn – Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP  went from strength to strength in the hedge fund space, 2022 seeing several additions to the department, including Leonora Shalet from Morrison Foerster in May; and Peter Greene, Benjamin Kozinn and Eileen Overbaugh from Lowenstein Sandler LLP in March. This latter group has a focus on advising prominent individual investment managers that are striking out on their own. They join a department with an impressive client roster of numerous high-profile hedge funds at an international level, as well as a host of fund managers. Greene has become part of the department’s leadership team, alongside market reference Stephanie Breslow; David Efron; and David Nissenbaum. Jennifer Dunn is another key contact, assisting clients with structuring, formation, operational needs, and regulatory and compliance issues. Diameter Capital Partners and Cerberus Capital Partners are among the standout clients of Jason Kaplan, and Peter Naismith is another name to note from the sizeable practice. All named lawyers are based in New York.

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