Josh Dambacher

Practice Areas

Josh is co-head of the firm’s London office and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He focuses his practice on corporate, securities and regulatory matters. He 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 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 advises fund clients in the fintech space and has established a profile in the industry as a leading cryptocurrency and digital asset funds expert. 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 EU Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and the US Dodd-Frank Act.

Personal

• University of Michigan Law School (JD)

• Purdue University (MBA)

• Phi Beta Kappa

• University of Missouri (BBA, with distinction)