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Edward Sopher

Edward
Sopher

Partner

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esopher@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 212.351.3918

FAX:+1 212.351.5217

New York

200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166-0193 USA

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PRACTICE

Investment Funds Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Private Equity

BIOGRAPHY

Edward Sopher is a corporate partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  Mr. Sopher is Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Investment Funds Practice Group.

Mr. Sopher’s practice focuses on the establishment and operation of private investment funds, including private equity funds, funds of funds, hedge funds, credit funds and real estate funds. He has extensive experience representing the investment managers and sponsors of these funds, as well as institutional investors, seed investors, placement agents and joint venture partners. His clients include Argonaut Private Capital, Credit Suisse, GoldPoint Partners, GCM Grosvenor, Hamilton Lane, Neuberger Berman, Ottawa Avenue, StepStone Group, Blackstone Strategic Partners and Third Point, among others.

He has been involved in a wide variety of investment, private equity and financing transactions for his investment fund clients, including co-investments, fund restructurings and recapitalizations. He regularly represents Blackstone Strategic Partners and other secondary investment funds in their secondary investment and financing activities. His experience also extends to transactions involving investment management firms, including stake investments, spin-outs, acquisitions, financings and joint ventures.

Mr. Sopher also represents investment firms in connection with their partnership and employee profit participation arrangements, and advises on SEC regulatory and other compliance matters.

Mr. Sopher is consistently featured in various publications as a leading lawyer in the area of private fund formation, including Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Best Lawyers in America®, Who’s Who Legal Private Funds: Formation, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, The International Financial Law Review, The Legal 500 United States and the PLC Cross-border Private Equity Handbook.  Mr. Sopher is also recognized in Legal Media Group’s Expert Guides Guide to the World’s Leading Investment Funds Lawyers, Guide to the World’s Leading Private Equity Lawyers and Guide to the World’s Leading Banking, Finance and Transactional Lawyers.  Chambers notes that Mr. Sopher is “an outstanding expert in his field,” “seasoned and thoughtful,” “someone who you come to with tough issues,” and that he “provides fantastic cross-border support.”

Mr. Sopher is a member of several bar committees and a frequent speaker on matters relating to private investment funds.

Mr. Sopher was born in London, England, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982 and his Master of Arts in 1985 from Cambridge University. He is a member of the New York Bar and is also a solicitor in England and Wales.

EDUCATION

University of Cambridge - 1985 Master of Arts

University of Cambridge - 1982 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

England & Wales - Solicitor

New York Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Firm News - November 5, 2021 | Who’s Who Legal 2021 Guides Recognize Ten Gibson Dunn Partners
Firm News - October 7, 2021 | Thirty-Eight Gibson Dunn Partners Recognized in Banking, Finance and Transactional Expert Guide
Firm News - October 30, 2020 | Who’s Who Legal 2020 Guides Recognize 12 Gibson Dunn Partners
Firm News - October 7, 2020 | 33 Gibson Dunn Partners Recognized in Banking, Finance and Transactional Expert Guide
Client Alert - May 7, 2020 | Investor Communications by Private Equity and Real Estate Fund Managers in Light of COVID-19
Client Alert - April 30, 2020 | Pursuing Crisis-Related Investment Opportunities – Considerations for Private Equity Fund Managers
Firm News - January 30, 2020 | Who’s Who Legal Recognizes 15 Gibson Dunn Partners in Litigation, Corporate Tax and Private Funds
Firm News - August 15, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Lawyers Recognized in the Best Lawyers in America® 2020
Firm News - October 30, 2018 | Who’s Who Legal Recognizes Twelve Gibson Dunn Partners
Client Alert - July 6, 2016 | SEC Proposes New Rule Requiring Registered Investment Advisers to Adopt Written Business Continuity and Transition Plans
Client Alert - February 24, 2016 | Advisers Act Compliance Reminders for Private Fund Advisers
Client Alert - May 27, 2015 | SEC Proposes Significant Changes to Reporting Obligations for Investment Advisers
Client Alert - July 17, 2013 | SEC Lifts Ban on General Solicitation, Allowing Private Funds to Advertise
Client Alert - July 18, 2011 | The SEC Finalizes Its Private Fund Adviser Registration Rules and Related Exemptions
Client Alert - September 14, 2010 | Advisers to Private Funds–Do You Now Have to Register under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940?
Client Alert - September 14, 2010 | The Process of Registration under the Advisers Act
Client Alert - September 14, 2010 | Substantive Provisions for Newly Registering Investment Advisers
Client Alert - September 14, 2010 | Checklist of Key Compliance Obligations for SEC-Registered Investment Advisers
Client Alert - July 16, 2009 | The Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009
Client Alert - January 30, 2009 | Senators Grassley and Levin Introduce Hedge Fund Transparency Act
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