Josh Dambacher > Schulte Roth & Zabel International LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Josh Dambacher
Work Department
Investment Management, Financial Institutions, Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Shareholder Activism, Blockchain Technology & Digital Assets
Position
Josh Dambacher is a London-based partner in the Investment Management Group at Schulte Roth & Zabel. He focuses his practice on corporate, securities and regulatory matters. Josh primarily represents institutional and entrepreneurial investment managers, financial services firms and private investment funds in all aspects of their business. Josh’s experience includes structuring investment management firms, hedge funds, private equity funds, hybrid funds and funds of funds; and structuring and negotiating seed and strategic investments. He also regularly advises investment management firms and their principals on UK and US regulatory compliance, acquisitions and reorganisations of investment management firms, and restructuring proprietary trading desks into independent investment management firms. Josh also co-heads the London office.
Josh previously led the US Financial Reforms Working Group for the Alternative Investment Management Association. He has been described by interviewees in Chambers UK as “pragmatic and commercial in his outlook” and “always reachable no matter what.” Josh is listed as a leading investment management lawyer by Chambers UK, Chambers Europe, IFLR1000, The Legal 500 UK and Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Private Funds Lawyers, and was twice named to the Financial News 40 Under 40 Rising Stars list. Recently, Josh received an “Outstanding Contribution” award for his services to the hedge fund industry (The Hedge Fund Journal Awards 2018). He is also a frequent speaker and author on issues facing the investment management industry including, most recently, on the current regulatory landscape for hedge funds, the proposed EU Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and the US Dodd-Frank Act.
Memberships
Alternative Investment Management Association.
Education
University of Michigan Law School, JD; Purdue University, MBA, Phi Beta Kappa; University of Missouri, BBA, with distinction.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
(Leading individuals)Described as ‘exceptional for hedge fund formation matters,’ Schulte Roth & Zabel International LLP‘s London team works alongside the firm’s New York and Washington offices to advise on complex cross-border funds matters. The practice assists both established players and new entrants to the hedge fund space on the creation of novel investment vehicles targetting a range of asset classes, including fintech, cryptocurrencies and other digital assets. Jointly heading the team are Josh Dambacher, whose practice encompasses the structuring of seed capital investments and funds themselves, and Christopher Hilditch
, who advises on the structuring of funds, fund transactions and investor issues. Lee Smith also advises on the structuring of funds, with particular strength in launching European funds in addition to assisting funds going through restructuring. Special counsel Amy MacDonagh advises on the launch, operation and restructuring of hedge funds, while fellow special counsel Drew Miller focuses on compliance, advising on US and European securities law.
London > Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
Schulte Roth & Zabel International LLP is noted for its domestic and transatlantic capabilities. Specialist areas of expertise for the practice include hedge funds and litigation finance funds. The team is led jointly by ‘solution orientated’ private equity fund structuring specialist Josh Dambacher, and closed-end credit and distressed credit funds expert Christopher Hilditch. The experienced Jim McNally and tax expert Dan Roman are key members of the team.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hedge funds London > Investment fund formation and management
- Leading individuals London > Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Private funds London > Investment fund formation and management