London – One Eagle Place
Investment fund formation and structuring
Seed and strategic investments
UK and US regulatory compliance
Cryptoasset and digital asset funds
Investment manager acquisitions and reorganizations
Josh Dambacher advises investment managers, financial services firms, and private investment funds on corporate, securities, and regulatory matters across the full life cycle of their businesses.
His practice includes the structuring of investment management firms, hedge funds, private credit funds, venture capital funds, and private equity funds, along with seed and strategic investments.
He also counsels on UK and US regulatory compliance, acquisitions, and reorganizations of investment management firms.
Clients in the fintech market turn to him for cryptoasset and digital asset fund matters, and he serves in senior leadership roles at McDermott including in the Firm’s London office and Investment Funds Practice Group.
Ranked in
Chambers UK, 2026 (Band 1)
Ranked in
Legal 500 UK, 2025-2026 (Hall of Fame)
Ranked in
Chambers Europe, 2025 (Band 1)
- Advised a $70 billion private asset manager on many complex and cross-border ongoing fund matters
- Advised a London-based private credit asset manager on the spin-out of a global alternative asset manager’s European credit platform, taking over five closed-ended funds and launching an evergreen fund with aggregate assets of over $1.3 billion
- Advised a $10 billion fund manager on setting up offices in the US and Dubai
- Chambers UK, Investment Funds: Hedge Funds, 2011-2026
- Legal 500 UK, Hall of Fame, Hedge Funds, 2025-2026
- Chambers Europe, Investment Funds: Hedge Funds, 2025
- IFLR1000 (Market Leader)
- Best Lawyers (2021-2026)
- McDermott Will & Schulte Management Committee, member
- Co-Managing Partner, London office
- Co-Head of Investment Funds, London
- Previous Head of US Regulation Committee, Alternative Investment Management Association
- Previous Head of US Financial Reforms Working Group, Alternative Investment Management Association
- University of Michigan Law School, JD
- Purdue University, MBA, Phi Beta Kappa
- University of Missouri, BBA, with distinction
- New York
- Missouri
- Registered Foreign Lawyer (England & Wales)
- Southern District, New York
- Eastern District, New York