New York – 919 Third Avenue
Advises on matters related to fiduciary responsibility, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and qualified plans.
Before joining Schulte, David held positions in both the private sector (as vice president and assistant general counsel of a major investment firm) and government service (with the Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration’s Divisions of Regulatory Coordination and Exemptions).
- Chambers USA, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation; Band 2, 2025-2026
- Best Lawyers in America, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, 2009–2020 and 2026-2027
- New York Super Lawyers, 2006–2020, 2022
- Business Law Section, American Bar Association
- George Washington University Law School, JD
- Columbia University, BA
- New York
Brandon C. Elliott
Miami
Brandon routinely represents institutional and private credit lenders as syndicated and direct lenders as well as investment funds as borrowers in preferred equity investments and fund financing transactions, including NAV/ABL and back-leverage facilities, margin loans, rated notes issuances (including rated note feeders), subscription line facilities, management company facilities, GP stakes transactions, and professional partner loan programs. Brandon also has extensive experience in liability management transactions, acquisition financings, as well as debtor-in-possession and exit financings.
- Representation of leading private equity sponsor in connection with its debt and preferred equity investment from a NAV-focused private credit fund.
- Adviser to numerous private equity and private credit sponsors in connection with banking and fund finance facility compliance related to the regional banking crisis of 2023.
- Representation of leading private credit provider, as administrative agent, in its margin loan in the amount of $175 million to facilitate acquisition by private equity sponsor of a crypto-currency exchange.
- Florida Rising Stars, 2024, 2025
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Banking and Finance (2021-2026), Corporate Law, 2026
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, JD
- Florida State University, BA
- New York
- Florida
- Texas
Minji Reem
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Represents clients in complex, high-stakes commercial disputes, with particular expertise in shareholder activism litigation, investment fund and partnership disputes, and securities litigation.
Minji maintains a leading practice in shareholder activism litigation and has achieved litigation victories on behalf of her clients in some of the most significant proxy contests in the last decade, including Politan Capital Management in its proxy contest against Masimo Corporation; venBio Select Advisor LLC in its proxy contest against Immunomedics, Inc.; and St. Denis J. Villere & Co. LLC in its threatened proxy contest against Epiq Systems, Inc. She has successfully litigated various aspects of the shareholder activism lifecycle, including advance notice bylaws, nomination disputes, entrenchment tactics, and standstill agreements.
Minji also regularly represents investment managers in litigation and arbitrations involving various aspects of their businesses, including fund disputes, partnership disputes, founder and seed agreement disputes and disputes arising from their portfolio investments. She frequently represents clients in securities actions and has successfully litigated claims arising under Sections 10(b) and 20(a), Section 16(b), and Sections 13 and 14 of the Exchange Act.
Shareholder Activism & Corporate Governance
- Represented Politan Capital Management in proxy contest litigation in the Central District of California, in which Masimo Corporation sought injunctive relief pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act. The Central District of California denied Masimo’s motion for preliminary injunction, paving the way for Masimo’s shareholders to vote for two of Politan’s nominees at Masimo’s 2024 annual meeting.
- Achieved a series of significant litigation victories on behalf venBio Select Advisor LLC in its proxy contest for majority control of the board of directors at Immunomedics, Inc.
- Successful representation of investment advisor St. Denis J. Villere & Co. LLC in proxy contest litigation against Epiq Systems, Inc., which resulted in Epiq’s nomination of three of Villere-nominated directors to the board.
- New York Super Lawyers – Rising Star, 2020 – 2025
- American Bar Association (Business Law Section)
- New York State Bar Association
- Federal Bar Council
- Columbia Law School, JD, The Morningside Muckraker, Editor-in-Chief
- Barnard College, BA, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
- New York
- US District Court, Southern District of New York
- US District Court, Eastern District of New York
- US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- US Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- Korean
- Spanish
Eileen Overbaugh
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Advises hedge funds, venture capital funds and other pooled investment vehicles on all matters related to private funds, including formation, structuring, investor negotiation and ongoing operations.
Eileen negotiates seed and strategic investments, funds-of-one, managed account arrangements and other alternative investment relationships, and also advises asset managers and institutional investors with respect to co-investments and single-asset funds.
She focuses particularly on the business arrangements between the principals of asset management firms, including governance of the investment manager and general partner entities. In addition, Eileen structures employee compensation and employee separation arrangements for both asset managers and their most senior employees and partners.
- Chambers Global
- Chambers USA
- The Hedge Fund Journal ̶ “50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds,” 2022
- The Legal 500 US
- 100 Women in Finance (Angel)
- Seton Hall University School of Law, JD, summa cum laude
- Drew University, BA, summa cum laude
- New York
- New Jersey
- English
David J. Karp
New York – 919 Third Avenue
David J. Karp advises clients on a wide range of financial restructuring, special situations, and distressed mergers and acquisitions. He also advises on, debt trading compliance matters, oil and gas royalty investments and the asset and entity isolation aspects of structured finance and digital asset transactions.
David leads the firm’s Distressed Debt & Claims Trading Group, which provides guidance in connection with US, European, and emerging market debt, claims, and complex secondary portfolio trading matters. He is also a member of the firm’s Opinion Committee.
Distressed Investing Representations
- Represented an investment fund in connection with the development of a loan-to-own chapter 11 bankruptcy plan to take a control position in the fulcrum secured debt of one of the United States’ largest owners of radio stations
- Represented an investment bank in connection with the sale of its distressed collateralized debt obligation portfolio
- Represented an investment fund in its acquisition of a multinational distressed and non-performing asset portfolio, including loans, claims, bonds, and private equity positions
- Represented an owner and operator of hotel properties with respect to their chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and the restructuring of approximately $1 billion of debt
- Represented an investment fund in providing debtor-in-possession financing to a tier 1 automotive supplier
- Represented a large national retail propane distributor with respect to its chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and the restructuring of more than $550 million of debt
- Represented a retail center owner in connection with its sale of real property under Section 363 of the US Bankruptcy Code
- Represented a private equity fund in connection with its proposed acquisition of a substantial portion of assets of a tier 1 automotive supplier
- Represented various parties in securitization and commercial mortgage-backed securities transactions, providing advice in connection with bankruptcy-remote structures, true sale, and non-consolidation issues
- Represented various parties in structuring and addressing the bankruptcy aspects of derivative contracts, including swap agreements, repurchase agreements, and securities contracts
Energy Representations
- Represented creditors of Walter Energy Inc., Samson Resources, Sabine Oil & Gas Corp., and Energy and Exploration Partners Inc.
- Represented the chairman of an official equity committee in the reorganization of Seahawk Drilling Inc., a company that provided drilling services to the oil and natural gas industries
- Represented investors in Stallion Oilfield, a leading oilfield services company that provides comprehensive wellsite support and production and logistics services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies, during Stallion’s chapter 11 reorganization
- Represented an investment fund with respect to the foreclosure upon natural gas working interests in the Fayetteville Shale
- Represented creditors in Trident Resources Corporation, a natural gas production company principally focused on the exploration and exploitation of unconventional natural gas resources, during Trident’s chapter 11 restructuring
- Represented investment fund in connection with Marcellus Shale, oil and gas leases with Cabot Oil & Gas, and Hess Corporation
- Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2026
- New York Super Lawyers, 2014-2019, 2021-2023
- Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review, Mover of the Week, 2012
- American Bankruptcy Institute, member
- Emerging Markets Trade Association, member
- International Swaps and Derivatives Association, member
- INSOL Europe, member
- Loan Market Association, member
- Loan Syndications and Trading Association, member
- National Association of Royalty Owners, member
- Fordham University School of Law, JD, Daniels School of Business
- Cornell University, BS, Energy Finance Certificate
- University of Denver
- New York
- US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Douglas I. Koff
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Douglas (Doug) I. Koff focuses his practice on high-profile and high stakes civil, enforcement, and criminal matters, including investigations.
Doug is a nationally recognized litigator who represents corporations, a variety of financial institutions (i.e., banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, private equity funds), boards of directors, special committees, and corporate executives. In this regard, he has advised and defended entities and corporate executives in inquiries by civil and criminal authorities (as well as self-regulatory organizations) into business practices that have been questioned by regulators as well as insider trading matters.
He has also handled major civil litigations and arbitrations involving a broad spectrum of substantive legal issues. Doug is also involved in bankruptcy matters where he leads and supervises the litigation aspects of the matters. Additionally, he has handled civil and criminal matters involving allegations of antitrust violations.
- Successfully represented a group of investment funds in a civil litigation with respect to the investment funds’ acquisition of shares in a more than $15 billion-dollar regional bank
- Represented a specialty finance company in connection with a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation into its core business where the SEC staff issued a closing letter without any charges
- Represented two high-level corporate executives in an SEC investigation, as well as related bankruptcy and civil litigation, which were all resolved in settlements
- Represented corporate executives in the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) investigation; no charges were brought against them
- Represented a television personality in an SEC investigation where no charges were brought against the client
- Best Lawyers in America, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, 2027
- Chambers USA
- Legal 500 US
- Expert Guide to the World’s Leading White Collar Crime Lawyers
- UJA White Collar and Securities Enforcement Group, chair emeriti
- New York Junior Tennis & Learning, board member
- Barbara McDowell Social Justice Center, board member
- Federal Bar Council, member
- Columbia Law School, JD
- Earlham College, BA
- New York
- Supreme Court of the United States
- US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- US District Court for the Southern District of New York
- US District Court for the Western District of New York
- English
Daniel Eisner
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Concentrates in the area of complex business transactions with a particular focus on structuring, negotiating and managing the legal aspects of domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, growth equity and venture capital investments, debt financings, roll-ups and restructurings.
Over the last 25 years, Dan has served as principal counsel in the representation of numerous portfolio companies of private equity and venture capital funds in a wide array of industries including healthcare, industrials, financial services and technology.
He has considerable experience in representing privately owned companies and their investors in corporate governance and securities matters and routinely advises officers and directors on fiduciary responsibilities, disclosure obligations and contentious matters.
- Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, JD
- University of Chicago, BA
- New York
- Florida
Kimberly L. Broder
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Advises private investment funds and investment advisers on a wide range of corporate, securities, finance and other regulatory matters.
Kimberly structures and forms both US and non-US hedge funds and funds-of-funds, as well as the advisers to these vehicles. She has extensive experience advising on late-stage venture investments, structured products, repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements, transactional financing/lending law, securities lending agreements and prime brokerage agreements.
She has also represented family offices, insurance dedicated funds, sovereign wealth funds, as well as banks and broker-dealers (including fintech platforms).
- New York Law School, JD
- Emory University, BBA
- New York
Martin L. Schmelkin
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Advises on employment and employee benefits issues for clients primarily in the financial services sector, including hedge funds, private equity firms, asset managers and investment banks.
Marty has nearly 30 years of experience in employment law, representing clients in all aspects of the employment lifecycle, including counseling on recruitment, hiring, employment agreements, compensation, promotions, leaves, disciplinary action, terminations and separation agreements.
He has experience conducting workplace investigations on harassment and discrimination, advising on litigation strategy, coordinating the implementation of employment policies and programs across multiple global jurisdictions, and leading workplace training programs.
Marty has a wealth of experience with diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies and programs, including the interplay with Environmental Social Governance (ESG) reporting.
He also counsels employers on regulatory filings, affirmative action programs, pay equity analyses and diversity demographic disclosures.
Marty brings a unique perspective to clients, having worked for 15 years in the legal department of Goldman Sachs, where he was a managing director and associate general counsel in the employment law group. While there he spent time in the firm’s Hong Kong office covering employment law matters throughout Asia and also had responsibility for employment law in non-US offices in the Americas.
- Best Lawyers in America, Employment Law – Management (2026-2027), Litigation – Labor and Employment, 2026-2027
- New York University School of Law, JD
- Cornell University, School of Industrial & Labor Relations, BS
- New York
Peter D. Greene
New York – 919 Third Avenue
Co-Head of Hedge Funds. Advises on all matters related to the formation and structuring of single-strategy and multi-strategy hedge funds, the design of upper-tier deals, and compliance and regulatory requirements for well-pedigreed emerging and veteran private capital managers.
Peter has advised on many of the leading single- and multi-strategy hedge fund launches over the past 20 years. His clients include well-pedigreed managers launching their first funds and some of the largest veteran hedge fund managers. Having previously served as the General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of a buy-side firm, Peter has a unique understanding of his clients’ goals and the nature of their interactions with investors, regulators, employees, auditors, administrators, and outside counsel.
He also has vast experience in insider trading determinations, including the purchase, analysis, and use of alternative data.
- Chambers USA
- Chambers Global
- The Legal 500 US
- Business Insider
- Appointed Director, Board of Directors, Managed Funds Association (MFA)
- Chairperson, Board of Directors, The Acceleration Project
- Board Member, House of SpeakEasy
- Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, JD, cum laude
- University of Michigan, BA, with distinction
- New York
- New Jersey
