New York – 919 Third Avenue
Advises on the tax aspects of onshore and offshore investment funds, registered investment companies and business development companies, private equity partnerships, real estate and corporate transactions, restructurings and workouts, securitizations, and existing and emerging financial instruments.
Shlomo’s most recent representations have addressed hedge fund and management company structures, tax considerations for private investment funds and FATCA.
- Chambers USA
- The Legal 500 US
- Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law, 2026
- New York Super Lawyers
- Tax Directors Handbook
- Hofstra University School of Law, JD, Hofstra Law Review, Articles Editor
- New York
Kolby K. Loft
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Represents private funds, broker-dealers, and other financial institutions in enforcement proceedings and investigations by the SEC, DOJ, FINRA, self-regulatory organizations and state regulators.
Kolby has advised clients during investigations and enforcement matters relating to potential insider trading, securities fraud, market manipulation, and a wide array of investment adviser and broker-dealer rules and regulations.
He also represents clients in regulatory investigations relating to developing financial technologies, including digital assets.
- New York University School of Law, JD, cum laude
- New York University, BA
- New York
Daniel J. Blumenthal
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Represents private funds, including open-ended funds, closed-ended funds and hybrid funds, and investment advisers in connection with their structuring, formation and ongoing operational needs and on regulatory and compliance matters.
Dan advises private fund managers that employ a variety of investment strategies and also has broad experience structuring and negotiating seed and strategic investments, advising investment managers regarding the structure and sale of their businesses and structuring and negotiating joint ventures, co-investment vehicles, managed accounts, “funds of one” and other strategic relationships.
- Thomson Reuters, Stand-out Lawyer – independently rated lawyers, 2026
- IFLR1000 – Rising Star, Investment Funds, 2022
- Expert Guides – Rising Star, Investment Funds, 2021, 2022
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, JD, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, Associate Editor
- University of Pennsylvania, BA, Certificate in Management, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
- George Washington University
- New York
Michael R. Flynn
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Represents venture funds, strategic investors, private equity firms, asset managers and other investors in their venture and growth investment transactions.
Mike advises investors in private companies at all stages of development in the information technology, life sciences, financial services, energy/cleantech and telecommunications sectors. He also advises on PIPEs, at-the-market and similar financings for publicly listed companies.
He represents startups and growth-stage companies in a full range of financial and strategic transactions, including debt and equity financings, acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, licensing arrangements and other complex commercial matters.
- Chambers USA
- New York Metro Super Lawyers
- Columbia Law School, JD, James Kent Scholar, magna cum laude
- The University of Texas at Austin, BA
- New York
Alexander M. Kim
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Advises on all matters relating to intellectual property/technology-related transactions, providing advice and counsel on privacy, data protection and cybersecurity-related matters.
Drawing on more than 20 years of experience, Alexander advises leading public and private companies, funds, investors and financial institutions on issues relating to intellectual property, privacy, data protection and cybersecurity that may arise in the context of acquisitions/divestitures, investments, public offerings, collaborations, joint ventures, research and development, licensing and other technology-related transactions as well as counseling clients on strategic intellectual property, privacy, data protection and cybersecurity matters.
He has broad experience across a wide spectrum of industries and technologies, including those in the fields of information technology, software, hardware, life sciences, insurance, financial services, information and data services, and retail services.
- Lexology Data 100, Recommended, 2026
- St. John''s University School of Law, JD, cum laude, John’s Law Review, Editor
- Columbia University, BS
- New York
Tinika M. Brown
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Tinika has extensive experience advising private fund managers on regulatory and compliance matters, with a particular focus on the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
In her practice, she advises clients on a variety of regulatory matters, including Marketing Rule compliance, SEC investment adviser registration, operating effective compliance programs, drafting and updating compliance manuals, advising clients undergoing SEC examinations, and managing conflicts of interest. She also leads compliance training sessions for clients, including specialized trainings relating to the marketing of private funds.
Tinika is a regular speaker at Schulte’s annual Private Capital Forum and has participated as a speaker at MFA events.
- Chambers USA
- Lawyers of Color – Wonderful Women, 2023
- Board of Directors, Literacy Partners
- Harvard Law School, JD
- Georgetown University, BS, cum laude
- New York
Jake Preiserowicz
Washington, DC
Advises investment advisers, private fund managers, institutional market participants, trading platforms, dealers, brokers, and other Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)-regulated and CFTC-facing businesses on regulatory, compliance, and operational matters.
Advises clients on, CFTC, NFA, Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and private fund regulatory considerations, including issues arising across buy-side, sell-side, platform, and trading-market contexts.
Counsels clients on derivatives trading, including traditional and perpetual futures, swaps, options, digital asset derivatives, crypto-related trading strategies, prediction markets, and other commodity interests.
Jake Preiserowicz focuses his practice on regulatory, compliance, and operational matters for investment advisers, private fund managers, institutional market participants, exchanges, trading platforms, dealers, brokers, and other Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)-regulated and CFTC-facing businesses. He advises investment advisers, commodity pool operators, commodity trading advisors, hedge funds, private equity funds, and other private fund sponsors and market participants on CFTC, National Futures Association (NFA), Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and private fund regulatory considerations, including issues involving derivatives trading, digital assets, crypto-related trading strategies, prediction markets, and evolving market structures.
- Fordham University School of Law, JD
- Fordham University Gabelli School of Business, MBA, cum laude
- Brooklyn College, CUNY, BA, Dean’s List, cum laude
- District of Columbia
- New York
- Englisch
Laura Angel-Lalanne
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Represents high-net-worth individual clients in the areas of estate planning and trust and estate administration, with an emphasis on philanthropic planning and the administration of trusts and estates with philanthropic interests.
Laura creates sophisticated estate plans for clients, helping them to balance their sometimes competing objectives, particularly for clients who wish to achieve tax efficiencies, benefit family members and ensure a lasting philanthropic legacy.
She assists with the creation, governance, tax and regulatory compliance and operation of private grantmaking foundations, private operating foundations and other philanthropic vehicles and advises both foundations and individual donors with respect to charitable grants and gifts, including negotiating and drafting agreements for complex grants and gifts to museums, universities and other charitable institutions.
- Member, Committee on Non-Profit Organizations, New York City Bar Association
- New York Historical Society’s Planned Giving Advisory Council
- Treasurer, Board of Directors, Only Make Believe
- Harvard Law School, JD, with high honors, Phi Beta Kappa
- University of Michigan, BA
- New York
Saarah Woodby
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Represents venture funds, crossover funds, asset managers and other institutional investors in their debt and equity investments into technology-focused emerging companies, whose investments range from seed stage to growth equity.
Saarah also advises investors on mergers and acquisitions and other strategic and alternative investment transactions.
Saarah formerly practiced at Gunderson Dettmer where she concentrated in representing some of the largest and most prominent venture capital firms in investments into private companies using various investment strategies. Saarah also focused on advising venture-backed start-up companies throughout their lifecycles on corporate matters ranging from formation, governance, fundraising, mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions.
Before joining Gunderson Dettmer, Saarah began her career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore where she focused on mergers and acquisitions, banking and credit, and capital markets transactions.
- Chambers USA – “Up and Coming,” 2025
- New York University School of Law, JD
- University of Pennsylvania, BA
- New York
Harry S. Davis
New York – 919 Third Avenue
As one of the firm’s deputy general counsels, Harry Davis focuses on providing advice and support to McDermott Will & Schulte’s attorneys and business staff, including with regard to risk-related issues, litigation matters, conflicts of interest, ethics and other topics. Prior to his current role in the Office of General Counsel at McDermott, Harry was the General Counsel at Schulte Roth & Zabel and a long-time litigation partner.
Harry has substantial experience in both civil litigation and securities regulatory matters and has litigated numerous cases in federal and state courts throughout the United States, including substantial trial experience in bench and jury trials, arbitrations, evidentiary hearings, mediations and administrative adjudications.
Over the course of a career spanning more than 35 years, Harry has represented clients in investigations and litigations involving allegations of insider trading, market manipulation, market timing and late trading, misconduct involving PIPEs, short-swing profits, securities, commodities and common law fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, employee raiding and other employment issues, misappropriation of trade secrets and other business torts, as well as breach of contract and other theories of liability.
In addition to being an experienced litigator, Harry is also a prolific author and speaker.
- Lead partner representing private equity funds and their advisers as well as securities intermediaries in litigations challenging the validity of life insurance policies for purported lack of insurable interest in cases adverse to life insurance companies as well as families of the deceased insureds who had knowingly sold those policies into the life settlement market (often at a substantial profit) but who nonetheless sought many years later to claw back the death benefits properly paid to the private equity funds who had purchased those policies in the market. In doing so, Harry has established important precedent relating to liability and damages, including defeating claims in numerous trial and appellate courts around the country (including establishing important precedent in the Delaware Supreme Court).
- One of the lead trial counsels to interdealer broker Tullett Prebon plc (now TP ICAP plc) in a four-month jury trial in New Jersey State Court (Hudson County) against rival BGC Partners Inc. for illegally hiring away 80 brokers and managers as part of a global raid on Tullett’s business in the Americas. Claims tried to the jury included violations of New Jersey’s racketeering statutes, unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential information, and tortious inference. Also represented Tullett Prebon’s U.S. subsidiaries in related FINRA arbitration (which included a 50+ day arbitration hearing). Jury trial settled in favor of Tullett Prebon for $100 million during jury deliberations, resulting in over $130 million in recovery by Tullett Prebon and its subsidiaries in these related cases.
- Lead trial counsel to interdealer broker Tullett Prebon in an AAA Arbitration alleging misappropriation of trade secrets. Successfully invalidated the contractual damages provision relied upon by rival BGC Partners in seeking approximately $2 billion in damages. Following trial, the arbitrator awarded BGC less than $1 million in damages in this “bet the company” case and found that BGC was not the prevailing party and, therefore, was not entitled to attorney’s fees despite the fact that Tullett had conceded liability. Successfully defended the arbitration award in response to a motion to vacate it in New York Supreme Court as well as on appeal to the Appellate Division, which found that the Arbitrator’s conclusion that the provision was unenforceable to be “inescapable” based upon the evidence Tullett had introduced in the arbitration hearing. BGC v. Tullett (AAA Arbitration, NY Supreme Court and Appellate Division, 1st Department).
- Benchmark Litigation
- The Legal 500 US
- New York State Bar Association Empire State Counsel Honoree
- New York Super Lawyers
- Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2026
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- New York County Lawyer’s Association
- Chairman, 2003-04; Co-Chairman, 2002-03; Vice Chairman, 2001-02 – Trade Regulation Committee
- New York City Bar Association
- Compliance and Legal Division, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
- Federal Bar Council
- Federalist Society
- Cornell Law School, JD, Member, magna cum laude, Cornell Law Review, Order of the Coif, Editor
- Johns Hopkins University, BA, Moot Court Board, Departmental Honors
- New York
- New Jersey
- US Court of Appeals, First, Second, Third, Ninth and Tenth Circuits
- US District Court for the Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Districts of New York, the District of New Jersey and the District of Colorado