Stuart Coleman is one of five corporate partners with principal responsibility for the ongoing representation of more than 400 investment companies or their independent board members, as well as unregistered pooled investment vehicles, investment advisers and fund administrators.

Mr. Coleman also has regularly counseled clients involved in general corporate and commercial transactions, including issuers and financial intermediaries involved in public and private offerings of mortgage-related and asset-backed securities and of other types of securities, including those issued in corporate restructurings, initial public offerings and venture capital transactions, and has represented clients in merger and acquisition transactions, including those involving the assets of sellers in bankruptcy proceedings.

He is the Firm's Co-Managing Partner and a member of its Operating Executive Committee.

Memberships

Member, Task Force on Fund Director’s Guidebook, American Bar Association

Member, Task Force on Independent Director Counsel, American Bar Association

Chair, Investment Management Regulation Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (2003-2006)

Activities

Acknowledgements:

2009 Chambers Global Rankings:

Investment Funds: Hedge Funds - United States of America (Band 1)

2008 Chambers USA Rankings:

Investment Funds: Registered Funds - National (Band 1)

Investment Funds: Hedge Funds - National (Band 1)

Board Member:

Children's Rights

Rosie's Broadway Kids (through July 2008)

School of American Ballet

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

Speaking Engagements:

2008 ICI Securities Law Developments Conference - Panelist, Review of Significant Regulatory Developments

2008 IDC - Independent Counsel Roundtable Discussion Leader and Advisory Committee Member

2007 IDC - Independent Counsel Roundtable Advisory Committee Member

Chair, Current Legal & Ethical Issues Facing Investment Companies and Their Counsel. Association of the Bar of the City of New York, June 2006

Moderator, The Board Room Environment: Public and Regulatory Expectations. 2006 Independent Directors Counsel Roundtable, Investment Company Institute

Responsibilities of Fund Directors. 2006 Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference, Investment Company Institute

2006 Legal Technology Leadership Forum, The Hildebrandt Institute

Critical Issues Facing Investment Company Directors. Fifth Annual Major Issues Policy Conference, Mutual Fund Directors Forum. February, 2005

Chair, Fund Compliance in a New Regulatory Environment; CCOs, Ethical Considerations and Enhanced Contract Disclosure Requirements. Association of the Bar of the City of New York, May 2005

The Changing Face of Fund Board Governance. Mutual Fund Regulation Hot Topics Workshop 2005. Thomson LegalWorks

The Investment Management Institute 2005. Issues Facing Lawyers as Chief Compliance Officers and Gatekeepers: Meeting the Challenge of a New Regulatory Regime. Practicing Law Institute

Chair, The Aftermath of the Mutual Fund Scandals, Ethic through Rulemaking and Legislation. Association of the Bar of the City of New York. May 2004

The Revolution in Investment Company Governance: New SEC Rules and the Challenge of Implementation. Practicing Law Institute. September 2004

The Investment Management Institute 2004: A Seminar for '40 Act Lawyers. Practicing Law Institute

New Compliance Challenges For Funds. 2003 Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference. Investment Company Institute

2002 PricewaterhouseCoopers Directors Audit Forum

The Investment Management Institute 2002: A Seminar for '40 Act Lawyers; New Developments Investment Advisers, Practicing Law Institute

Admitted to Practice

New York, 1980

Education

J.D., cum laude, New York University, 1979; Member, Order of the Coif

B.A., magna cum laude, Wesleyan University, 1976