Derek Steingarten

Practice Areas

Derek Steingarten is a Partner in the firm’s New York office and Co-Chair of the Investment Management Group.

Derek’s practice focuses on representing registered and private fund sponsors and other institutional asset managers. He has deep wealth management industry experience focused on complex regulatory and transactional issues and the day-to-day management of legal and business challenges related to high net worth investors, fund and aggregator vehicles, governance and fiduciary regulation.

Derek's broad experience with funds and asset managers of varied size and scope allows him to advise on transactional and regulatory issues in a way that is tailored to the life cycle of his clients' businesses and product offerings. Derek counsels clients on significant transactional matters, including leading negotiations and conducting due diligence for his clients in acquisitions, new business ventures and in onboarding talent through lift-outs and other strategic combinations and restructurings. He has many years of comprehensive board-level expertise in managing 1940 Act governance and regulatory oversight for registered funds and their service providers, including active involvement in the oversight of investigations, regulatory enforcement responses and disputes.

Derek regularly advises on the capital raising, marketing and compliance needs of hedge, private equity and other private funds, funds-of-funds, sub-advised funds, bank collective funds, and institutional separate accounts and managed account platforms. His experience also includes extensive work with state and federally-chartered trust companies and their specialized role within wealth management for high net worth investors and ERISA plan assets.

Chambers USA and Legal 500 have recognized Derek for his work in investment management and funds. Chambers cited his “timely, high-quality advice” and his “keen focus on the business considerations that are implicated by his advice.” He is also a member of our global Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) steering committee.