David Mainzer

Shareholder

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Offices: Los Angeles
Bar Admissions: California

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David Mainzer is a Shareholder in the Firm’s Los Angeles office and a member of the Corporate practice group focused on the investment management industry. Mr. Mainzer is a corporate lawyer with more than 25 years of experience advising investment management firms and funds, both in-house and in private practice. He frequently serves as outside general counsel for his clients, handling an array of domestic and offshore corporate, transactional, and regulatory compliance matters.

Mr. Mainzer provides sophisticated legal advice to investment management organizations, including investment managers, wealth managers, broker-dealers, commodity pool operators, and other firms in the investment management industry. An authority on federal and state laws that regulate the investment management industry and the sale and purchase of securities, he advises on a wide variety of domestic and offshore private funds and other pooled investment vehicles, assists fund managers with portfolio investments, and provides counsel on M&A and other transactions, securities, tax, and employment matters.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Mainzer served as General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of Amerindo Investment Advisors, Inc., an investment management firm with offices in New York, San Francisco, and London, and $8 billion in assets under management (AUM). There, he was responsible for managing all of the firm’s legal affairs, including risk management, regulatory compliance, outside counsel, and the structuring and legal management of the firm’s hedge funds, mutual funds, and separately managed accounts. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army.

Professional Involvement

Member, American Bar Association, Business Law Section
Member, California Lawyers Association, Business Law Section