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Practice Area
Investment Management
Robert B. Van Grover is a partner in Seward & Kissel’s Investment Management Group. He joined the Firm in 1997.
Mr. Van Grover specializes in the formation and representation of private funds (U.S., offshore, single and multi-strategy, fund of funds and private equity), investment advisers (federal or state registered and non-registered), broker-dealers, commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisers. Mr. Van Grover advises clients on a wide variety of securities, tax and business law matters relating to the investment management business, including compliance and regulatory matters, fund and management company structuring, counseling on mergers and acquisitions, buy-sell agreements, employment matters, non-compete and confidentiality agreements, marketing and distribution arrangements and presentation materials, joint ventures, seed capital arrangements, soft dollar and other brokerage arrangements, and general organizational matters.
Mr. Van Grover is a contributing author to Hedge Funds: Law and Regulation (Sweet & Maxwell 2001) (chapter entitled, "U.S. Legal and Regulatory Issues Faced by Offshore Funds and Their Sponsors") and has authored articles on various investment management topics. Mr. Van Grover is a frequent speaker on "hedge fund" and investment management related issues.
Mr. Van Grover received a B.S. degree, cum laude, from the State University of New York at Albany in 1980, a J.D. degree from St. John's University, and a LL.M., (taxation) from New York University. Mr. Van Grover is a member of the American Bar Association (Business Section) and the International Bar Association. He is also a member of the NASD Board of Arbitrators. | 