Greenberg Traurig Expands Corporate and Securities Practice; Adds John A. Brunjes and Genna N. Garver

BOSTON and NEW YORK, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that fund lawyers John A. Brunjes and Genna N. Garver have joined its Corporate and Securities Practice. Brunjes joins in the Boston and New York offices as shareholder and Garver in the New York office as of counsel, where they will add to the firm's growing Private Investment Funds group. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Brunjes and Garver were at Bracewell & Giuliani in its Connecticut office where Brunjes, a partner, was a member of Private Investment Funds Group, and head of the Fund Formation practice. Garver was a member of the Private Investment Funds and Corporate and Securities Groups.

Greenberg Traurig's Private Investment Funds Group works with clients investing passive capital in private investment funds. The group also works with the sponsors and managers of those funds in the areas of fund formation and offerings, advisor compliance, and ongoing operations.

Brunjes' practice focuses on advising managers and sponsors in hedge fund, private equity, and venture capital fund formation as well as operational and compliance issues, with particular emphasis on structuring private domestic and offshore capital pools. Brunjes also advises registered investment advisers and fund managers on state, federal, and international compliance and enforcement. On the investor side, his engagements primarily involve investment transaction review and negotiation, governance, and fiduciary liability. His investor side clients include domestic and foreign individuals (including some on the Forbes 400 and their family offices), ERISA-regulated investors, funds of funds, and other qualified purchasers and qualified institutional buyers. He has represented both Fund investors and managers in connection with high-profile civil suits, SEC, and CFTC enforcement and seizure actions.

"The addition of Brunjes and Garver will increase our presence in the hedge fund and private equity fund legal arena, especially in the New York to Boston geographic region," said Michael Lehr, Regional Operating Shareholder. "Their experience in fund formation and investment advisory matters will nicely compliment our existing capabilities in those areas."

Garver represents financial institutions in a variety of transactional and regulatory matters with a focus on investment advisers, hedge funds and other private investment funds. She advises clients on the formation of and offering of interests in domestic and offshore funds, mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation, SEC and state investment adviser registration and exemptions, the development and implementation of Investment Advisers Act compliance programs and procedures, ongoing compliance matters, mock audits and regulatory examinations. She also has counseled banking clients on complex structuring and capital issues regarding M&A, risk capital matters, affiliated transactions and securities lending transactions.

"John Brunjes and Genna Garver are well-known among Florida-based hedge funds, family offices, and institutional investors, and we expect them to provide a significant addition to our local resources and our ability to provide comprehensive, market-leading legal services to these and other participants in the investment community," said Gary Epstein, Chair, Global Corporate & Securities Practice.

Brunjes holds a J.D. from Cornell Law School and an A.B., cum laude, from Colgate University. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Hedge Fund Association. Garver holds a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law and an A.B., cum laude, from Bowdoin College.

About Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with approximately 1800 attorneys serving clients from more than 30 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. In the U.S., the firm has more offices than any other among the Top 10 on The National Law Journal's 2009 NLJ 250. In the U.K., the firm operates as Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP. Additionally, Greenberg Traurig has strategic alliances with the following independent law firms: Studio Santa Maria in Milan and Rome and W'Law Weber Wicki Partners Ltd. in Zürich. The firm was Chambers and Partners' USA Law Firm of the Year in 2007 and among the Top 3 in the International Law Firm of the Year at the 2009 The Lawyer Awards. For additional information, please visit www.gtlaw.com.

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