Mr David Stephens > Proskauer Rose LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Proskauer Rose LLP Offices
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036-8299
NEW YORK
United States
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Mr David Stephens
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Position
David Stephens is a partner and a member of Proskauer’s Registered Funds Group. David has particular expertise in matters arising under the Investment Company Act. David’s experience covers virtually all types of investment companies, including registered and unregistered, open-end and closed-end, ETF’s, and master-feeder funds, as well as funding vehicles for insurance products.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
Proskauer Rose LLP fields a team for mutual and registered funds that is ‘extremely professional and always up to date on developing issues‘. As part of the firm’s global investment management platform, the practice in the US has a history as lead counsel to a host of major players in the market, and is recognized for structuring innovative fund products, and for its extensive experience in the development of regulations. Stuart Coleman spearheads the department from the New York office, and he and David Stephens ‘solve problems and work on creating solutions in a very business-like and practical manner‘. In Washington DC, Robert Plaze is the name to note for regulatory advice, clients praising his advice on ‘very complicated issues‘.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending