David Hearth

David Hearth is a partner in the Investment Funds & Private Capital practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s San Francisco office. David has an investment management, corporate, and securities practice. He represents investment companies and partnerships, investment advisers, broker-dealers, and independent board members of registered investment companies. He also has broad investment management industry experience in general business matters, including merger and acquisition transactions. David actively represents investment management organizations in all phases of their activities, including launching new fund groups and innovative new products and services, handling special compliance and regulatory matters, obtaining exemptive and no-action relief from the SEC, working on acquisitions, and providing fiduciary counseling.

David speaks frequently at industry conferences and seminars on investment management topics for events sponsored by IDC, NSCP, NICSA and others. He has been quoted in industry press dozens of times over the past several years.