Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP has announced that Eric Perelman has joined the firm in New York as a partner in the Investment Funds Group within the Corporate Department. Perelman advises private fund and asset managers on regulatory, compliance and transactional matters related to the Investment Advisers Act, the Investment Company Act, and related securities laws and regulations.
“Eric has extensive experience advising funds clients on their most important regulatory and transactional issues, and he will be a strong addition to the firm,” said Angelo Bonvino, global head of the Corporate Department.
“We are excited to welcome Eric, who will enhance our team’s funds regulatory capabilities,” said Marco V. Masotti, global co-head of the Investment Funds Group. “His fluency across funds-related regulatory and compliance matters will be a tremendous asset to our clients as they navigate their most critical issues.”
Perelman represents leading global private funds and alternative asset managers on cutting-edge and complex SEC regulatory and compliance matters, including investment adviser registration, ongoing disclosure and securities reporting obligations, and material non-public information and insider trading issues across examinations, enforcement inquiries and adviser structuring matters. He advises on the formation, offering and governance of private equity funds, general partner-led secondaries vehicles, co-investments, venture capital funds, credit funds, managed account platforms and other investment products. He also counsels private fund sponsors on compliance and regulatory issues pertaining to their minority investment and control-sale transactions, in addition to regulatory considerations for capital markets and M&A transactions.
Prior to entering private practice, Perelman served as a law clerk in the Division of Investment Management at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He earned a B.A., magna cum laude, from New York University and a J.D., with honors, from The George Washington University Law School.
The Paul, Weiss Investment Funds Group advises private equity and alternative asset managers on their most important investment goals, leveraging deep market expertise and long-standing relationships. Its Private Equity Group advises leading and emerging funds on complex M&A, investments, financing, capital markets and fund formation matters across the full investment lifecycle.
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