Stuart H. Coleman

Mr. Coleman also has regularly counseled clients involved in general corporate and commercial transactions, including issuers and financial intermediaries involved in public and private offerings of mortgage-related and asset-backed securities and of other types of securities, including those issued in corporate restructurings, initial public offerings and venture capital transactions, and has represented clients in merger and acquisition transactions, including those involving the assets of sellers in bankruptcy proceedings.

He is the Firm's Co-Managing Partner and a member of its Operating Executive Committee.

Honors and Rankings

Chambers USA Rankings:

• Investment Funds: Registered Funds – National – 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008
  (Band 1)
• Investment Funds: Hedge Funds – National – 2009 (Band 2), 2008 (Band 1)

• Investment Funds: Hedge Funds - United States of America – 2010 (Band 2), 2009 (Band 1)

• Member, Task Force on Fund Director’s Guidebook, American Bar Association
• Member, Task Force on Independent Director Counsel, American Bar Association
• Chair, Investment Management Regulation Committee, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 2003-2006

• New York City Ballet, Advisory Board Member (through 2012)
• New York City Center, Board Member
• School of American Ballet, Board Member
• The George Balanchine Trust, Trustee
• Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Board Member
• Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Board Member

• Panelist, Closer to Home: U.S. Regulatory Developments Affecting Funds. 2013 Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference
• 2012 IDC - Independent Counsel Roundtable Discussion Leader and Advisory Committee Member
• 2011 IDC - Independent Counsel Roundtable Discussion Leader and Advisory Committee Member
• 2010 IDC - Independent Counsel Roundtable Discussion Leader and Advisory Committee Member
• Speaker, 2010 ICI, New Governance and Risk Disclosure Rules
• Panelist, Challenges Facing Fund Trustees. 2009 Hofstra Journal of International Business Law - Investment Management Conference
• 2009 IDC - Independent Counsel Roundtable Discussion Leader and Advisory Committee Member
• 2008 ICI Securities Law Developments Conference - Panelist, Review of Significant Regulatory Developments
• 2008 IDC - Independent Counsel Roundtable Discussion Leader and Advisory Committee Member
• 2007 IDC - Independent Counsel Roundtable Advisory Committee Member
• Chair, Current Legal & Ethical Issues Facing Investment Companies and Their Counsel. Association of the Bar of the City of New York, June 2006
• Moderator, The Board Room Environment: Public and Regulatory Expectations. 2006 Independent Directors Counsel Roundtable, Investment Company Institute
• Responsibilities of Fund Directors. 2006 Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference, Investment Company Institute
• 2006 Legal Technology Leadership Forum, The Hildebrandt Institute
• Critical Issues Facing Investment Company Directors. Fifth Annual Major Issues Policy Conference, Mutual Fund Directors Forum. February, 2005
• Chair, Fund Compliance in a New Regulatory Environment; CCOs, Ethical Considerations and Enhanced Contract Disclosure Requirements. Association of the Bar of the City of New York, May 2005
• The Changing Face of Fund Board Governance. Mutual Fund Regulation – Hot Topics Workshop 2005. Thomson LegalWorks
• The Investment Management Institute 2005. Issues Facing Lawyers as Chief Compliance Officers and Gatekeepers: Meeting the Challenge of a New Regulatory Regime, Practising Law Institute
• Chair, The Aftermath of the Mutual Fund Scandals, Ethic through Rulemaking and Legislation. Association of the Bar of the City of New York. May 2004
• The Revolution in Investment Company Governance: New SEC Rules and the Challenge of Implementation, Practising Law Institute, September 2004
• The Investment Management Institute 2004: A Seminar for '40 Act Lawyers. Practising Law Institute
• New Compliance Challenges For Funds. 2003 Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference. Investment Company Institute