Overview
Ian M. Schwartz focuses on the formation and operation of private equity funds. As head of the Firm’s Investment Funds Group, Ian is highly skilled in counseling private fund clients in connection with the structuring of fund investments and provides advice on legal and regulatory compliance matters for funds and their investment advisers. He also assists fund sponsors in connection with the organization and documentation of their internal firm arrangements.
He has served as legal counsel in numerous multibillion-dollar and middle-market private investment fundraisings for institutional and boutique sponsors across a spectrum of investment strategies, including buyout, real estate, mezzanine debt, fund of funds, industry-specific, infrastructure, region-specific, secondary, co-investment and CDO.
Recognitions
- Chambers USA, Private Equity: Fund Formation, 2022–2023
- Legal 500 US, Recommended Lawyer, 2022–2023
- IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial & Corporate Law Firms and Lawyers, Highly Regarded in Private Equity Funds, 2023
Community
- Committee on Private Investment Funds of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, appointed member
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York, member
- New York State Bar Association, member
Credentials
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, JD, cum laude, 2001
University of Florida, BA, 1998
Admissions
New York
