Michael J Schmidtberger

Practice Areas

MICHAEL SCHMIDTBERGER is chair emeritus of the firm’s Executive Committee and a former member of the Management Committee. He served on the Executive Committee from February 2002 through April 2025, chairing the committee from January 2018. He served on the firm’s Management Committee from October 2008 through April 2025. Mike served as the managing partner of the New York office from September 2011 through December 2017, and previously served as a global co-leader of the Investment Funds practice.

Mike’s principal areas of practice are securities and futures-related funds and corporate transactions, including related regulatory matters. He advises and represents clients in domestic and international offerings of hedge funds, hybrid funds, fund of funds, public and private commodity pools, and structured derivative and principal-protected transactions. He has also counseled clients in numerous fund restructurings and work-out situations.