Sadis & Goldberg LLP

08/25/2021

We are honored to be shortlisted once again as Best Law Firm at Hedgeweek’s Americas Awards 2021! Winners are selected by industry peers and represent “excellence among hedge fund managers and service providers in the Americas across a wide range of categories.” Please take a moment and cast your vote. https://awards.hedgeweek.com/americas-awards-2021

07/28/2021

Daniel G. Viola (Partner) and Nicole Arrow (Associate) published an alert entitled, "SEC Charges 27 Financial Firms for Form CRS Filing and Delivery Failures." To read the full alert: www.sadis.com/blog/2021/7/28/sec-charges-27-financial-firms-for-form-crs-filing-and-delivery-failures

07/28/2021

Daniel G. Viola (Partner) and Nicole Arrow (Associate) published an alert entitled, "Department of Labor: Spring 2021 Regulatory Agenda," discussing the DOL's regulatory priorities including the fiduciary rule change. To read the full alert:

The Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently released its Spring 2021 Regulatory Agenda (found here ), which outlines the DOL’s regulatory plans for the coming months. Among multiple other topics, the DOL’s Spring 2021 Regulatory Agenda confirms that a fiduciary rule rewrite is being prepared.

07/07/2021

Dan Viola (Partner) published an alert entitled, 'Increases to the Qualified Client “Assets-Under-Management” and “Net Worth” Test Amounts.' Read here: www.sadis.com/blog/2021/7/7/increases-to-the-qualified-client-assets-under-management-and-net-worth-test-amounts

06/15/2021

One week away: Join RSM and Sadis as they host an Independent Sponsors Summit. During three panels, we will dive into hot topics for independent sponsors including:

The Compression of the Middle Market
How Independent Sponsors are filling the void left by middle market funds—why is there a void? Tune in to find out

Family Office and Endowments looking to do one-off deals.
The continuing trend in the Family Office and Endowment Space is to rotate away from pooled vehicles and invest via separately managed accounts

Structuring a Deal
What are the trends in the space for: (i) fees, (ii) control/discretion, and (iii) terms of transactions.

To register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/6016215397532/WN_OVG31-PRQTa_1ZFGmBJkuA

06/11/2021

Daniel Viola (Partner) and Nicole Arrow (Associate) published an alert entitled, "CFTC Update: New CPO-PQR Filing Requirements." To read the full alert: https://www.sadis.com/blog/2021/6/10/cftc-update-new-cpo-pqr-filing-requirements

06/08/2021

On Tuesday, June 22, join RSM and Sadis as they host an Independent Sponsors Summit. During three panels, we will dive into hot topics for independent sponsors including:
-The Compression of the Middle Market
-Family Office and Endowments looking to do one-off deals.
-Structuring a deal
More details and speakers to be announced.
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/6016215397532/WN_OVG31-PRQTa_1ZFGmBJkuA

05/24/2021

Paul Marino (Partner), Jonathan Bernstein (Partner), and Seth Lebowitz (Partner) published an alert entitled, "Considerations for S Corporation Shareholders in Negotiating a 338(h)(10) Election." Read here:

In the course of negotiations to acquire an S Corporation, the acquirer of such S Corporation (the “ Purchaser ”) will often want the commercial benefits of a stock purchase ( e.g. , maintain existing contracts and licenses) while also achieving the tax benefit of an asset purchase by receiving ...

05/21/2021

Join Dan Viola (Partner), Joe Holman of ESG Admin, and Kenneth Gettinger of KPG Capital next week as they discuss ESG considerations for fund managers including how managers and service providers need to walk the ESG walk and the future of carbon reporting requirements of investors and the SEC
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mAvKhayiRvG6N6szKGgQmA

05/17/2021

Paul Marino (Partner) just hosted an insightful webinar discussing the realities of women in the finance with an incredible panel comprised of Colleen Gurda, Co-founder & Partner of Riveter Capital; Jackie Kopcho, Founder and Managing Partner of Big Branch Capital LLC; Lisa Moraglia, Principal at The Firmament Group; and Spring Hollis, CEO and founder of Star Strong Capital. It's a must watch. To watch:

During this two-part webinar series, Paul Marino (Partner) will interview Colleen Gurda, Co-founder & Partner of Riveter Capital; Jackie Kopcho, Founder and Managing Partner of Big Branch Capital; Lisa Moraglia, Principal at The Firmament Group; and Spring Hollis, CEO and founder of Star Strong Capi...

05/11/2021

This week, in the Sadis Summons, Jennifer Rossan (Partner) is discussing how the recent fraud charges against “Real Housewife” Jen Shah offers several lessons as to how victims of fraud can take action to recover their losses. To read the article: https://www.sadis.com/sadis-summons

05/06/2021

We are excited to announce, “The Sadis Summons,” a new blog from Sadis’s Litigation Department focusing on investor rights and business divorce litigation. The Sadis Summons will discuss business divorce disputes as well as disputes regarding investments in private & public companies, hedge funds, venture capital funds and private equity funds.

For a look at our first post, entitled, "U.S. Investors Can Bring Foreign Law Derivative Claims in New York Against Chinese Publicly-Traded Company & its Directors,” written by Sam Lieberman (Partner) and Jesse Kantor (Associate), click the link here: https://www.sadis.com/sadis-summons