Biography: Private funds

Udi Grofman is a partner in the corporate department and a member of the firm's investment management practice group. His practice has an emphasis on investment funds, securities law and regulatory compliance. Mr Grofman's experience includes structuring financial services and investment management firms, hedge funds, private equity funds, hybrid funds and funds of funds, and scalable platforms for fund sponsors; and structuring and negotiating seed and strategic investments and relationships.

In addition, he regularly advises investment management firms and their principals on regulatory compliance, crisis and risk management, and other operational issues. Mr Grofman also advises on mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations of investment management firms, and on restructuring proprietary trading desks into independent investment management firms.

Mr Grofman is listed as a leading lawyer in Who's Who Legal – The International Who's Who of Private Funds Lawyers and recognised in Legal 500. He writes and speaks frequently on the challenges facing hedge funds in today's market. He recently addressed the Hedge Fund CFO Association on the subject of Current Regulatory and Legal Issues: What Should CFOs Think About, and The Deal featured an article he co-authored entitled 'Just Like Starting Over: A Blueprint for the New Wall Street Firm'.

Mr Grofman served as a lecturer for The Interdisciplinary Center-School of Law, School of Business Management, Herzliya, Israel and is a captain (ret) in the Israel Defense Forces.