Practice
Nathan Greene is a partner in the Asset Management Group (where he is also Deputy Practice Group Leader) advising on all regulatory aspects of fund and investment advisory operations. His practice includes the formation and representation of U.S. and foreign investment companies, their sponsors, advisers, directors and marketers, including:

• SEC registration and exceptions from registration,
• SEC inspections and investigations,
• Fund formation, distribution and marketing,
• Fund board and other governance matters,
• Compliance manuals and compliance testing,
• Negotiation with service providers, business partners and investors, and
• Reorganizations, purchases, sales, joint venture structuring and other corporate transactions involving asset management businesses.

Mr. Greene has been recognized by leading legal reference publications Chambers USA, which calls him a “notable practitioner… praised for his calm, objective and comprehensive advice,” and Legal 500 US, which refers to his “deep knowledge and business-focused advice.”

Mr. Greene has lectured and written on a broad range of asset management topics, participating as a speaker or panelist at industry conferences sponsored by such organizations as the Global Association of Risk Professionals, Institutional Investor, Investment Company Institute, MAR Hedge, the National Society of Compliance Professionals and the Regulatory Compliance Association. He also has lectured at the Rutgers University Law School (Newark), Fordham University Law School and SUNY Buffalo Law School. Commenting on regulatory activity, Mr. Greene has been quoted in several prominent publications and news agencies, including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and BoardIQ.

Mr. Greene’s articles appear in, among other publications, the BNA Securities Regulation and Law Report, Financial Fraud Law Report, Hedge Fund Law Report, Investment Lawyer, Journal of Securities Compliance, Journal of Structured Finance, and Private Equity International. He has contributed book chapters to Hedge Funds and Prime Brokers (RiskBooks, 2009 edition), The US Private Equity Fund Compliance Guide (PEI 2010) and Research Handbook on Hedge Funds, Private Equity and Alternative Investments (Edward Elgar Publishing 2012).

In addition to asset management matters, Mr. Greene has been active in Shearman & Sterling’s pro bono asylum and domestic abuse practices, winning a 2002 victory on behalf of an asylum seeker in U.S. Immigration Court. Because that case established new law in its area, it was profiled in the New York Law Journal and listed in the Lexis Nexis Immigration Law “Immigration Cases of Interest” database.

• Steering Committee Member, Managed Funds Association Lawyers Advisory Committee
• Member of the American Bar Association (Subcommittee on Investment Companies and Investment Advisers) and New York State and City Bar Associations (New York City Bar Association’s Investment Management Regulation Committee)
• Advisory Board Member, Regulatory Compliance Association (asset management compliance education)
• Board of Directors, UrbanGlass (Brooklyn-based art glass institution)