New York – 919 Third Avenue
Private fund formation
“Upper Tier” management company structuring
Seed capital and joint venture arrangements
SEC regulatory and compliance
Crisis management counseling
David Efron is a New York partner who serves as Co-Head of Hedge Funds and sits on the firm-wide Management Committee.
With more than 30 years of experience, he advises private fund managers using a broad range of investment strategies, including many of the largest start-up hedge fund launches.
His practice covers fund formation, structuring, organization, compensation, operations, seed capital, joint ventures and restructurings across the private fund lifecycle.
He also counsels private fund managers on management company structuring, crisis management, SEC regulatory issues, and compliance-related matters.
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Chambers Global
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Chambers USA
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The Legal 500 US
- Chambers Global – Band 1
- Chambers USA, Band 1 in Hedge Funds, 2025-2026
- The Legal 500 US
- Thomson Reuters, Stand-out Lawyer – independently rated lawyers, 2026
- Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Private Funds Lawyers
- Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Banking, Finance and Transactional Law Lawyers – Investment Funds
- Business Insider “Ready to Launch” List
- Lawyers’ Committee, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- McDermott Will & Schulte Management Committee, member
- Georgetown University Law Center, LLM, in Securities Regulation, with distinction
- Syracuse University College of Law, JD, cum laude, Syracuse Law Review, Executive Editor
- Vassar College, BA
- New York