Eric Diamond

Practice Areas

Investment Management; General Practice; Bank Regulatory; Broker-Dealer; Digital Assets; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG); Financial Services; Financial Services Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity

Career

Eric Diamond is a partner in the Firm’s Investment Management and Financial Services Groups. Mr. Diamond’s practice focuses on advising asset managers, banks, broker-dealers and other regulated financial institutions on a range of regulatory, compliance and transactional matters. He regularly provides advice to private equity fund, hedge fund, mutual fund and other investment management clients regarding regulation under the Investment Company Act and Investment Advisers Act, including in connection with significant SEC examination and enforcement matters.

Mr. Diamond also regularly represents financial services clients on various strategic and transactional matters, including controlling and minority investments in asset management firms, investments in private equity funds, hedge funds and venture capital funds, selected fund formation matters, and public and private mergers, acquisitions and similar transactions.

Prior to rejoining the Firm in 2020, Mr. Diamond was a senior advisor to SEC Chairman Jay Clayton from 2018 to 2020.

Professional Memberships

ABA; NYSBA

Personal

New York University School of Law, (JD, 2010); Yale University (BA, 2005).