Eric Wagner Bio

Described by clients as “extremely knowledgeable, practical and responsive” (Chambers USA 2023), Eric is a long-time, trusted advisor to many firm clients, counseling them on a wide array of legal, regulatory and strategic issues affecting private funds and their sponsors. Eric represents all types of private funds across many different investment strategies including hedge funds, credit funds, venture funds, commodity pools and real estate funds, and has extensive experience working with multi-manager platforms and multi-family offices. He advises first-time fund sponsors, as well as pioneers in the industry, on structuring, fundraising, investment adviser registration, compensation and securities law matters. Eric also regularly counsels both private fund sponsors and portfolio managers on employment matters and succession planning, including drafting and negotiating upper-tier management company ownership agreements, executive employment and severance agreements, and succession plans. Eric has been widely recognized as a leading lawyer in the private funds industry. He is listed among the top hedge fund lawyers by Chambers USA, IFLR1000 – The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms, Who’s Who and Best Lawyers. Eric speaks frequently about the regulation of private funds at major industry conferences such as the Maples Investment Funds Forum, MFA West and the International Bar Association Conference on Private Investment Funds.