Attorneys
Douglas R. Hirsch
Partner
Douglas Hirsch is the head of the Financial Services Operations Practice as well as the head of the Litigation Practice. This dual role gives Mr. Hirsch a unique perspective on litigating financial services issues and counseling financial services clients. Mr. Hirsch represents investment advisers in all phases of their operations, from drafting and counseling in connection with service provider agreements and employment agreements to representing them in connection with SEC enforcement proceedings and recovering losses due to fraud or breach of fiduciary duty.
Mr. Hirsch also counsels clients in connection with potential exposure under a variety of agreements, including operating agreements, ISDA agreements and marketing agreements. Mr. Hirsch's 19 years of litigation experience has encompassed a broad range of trials, class action litigations and arbitrations. Mr. Hirsch is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
Prior to joining Sadis & Goldberg in 1996, Mr. Hirsch was an associate at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP and Lord Day and Lord, Barett Smith LP.
Education
- Hofstra University School of Law (J.D. 1990; member of the Hofstra Law Review)
Admitted
- New York and New Jersey; The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey.
Publications
- “The SEC's Approach to the Regulation of Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds,” Cross-border Handbooks, PLC 2006-2007
- “Which Offshore Advisors Must Register,” 2005
- Euromoney Compliance Review Handbook
- “Arbitration: Be Careful What You Wish For”
- Hedge Fund Conference Forum, NY Helmsley Hotel, 2004.
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