Talks

• 'Beyond the Checklist: Diligence in PE M&A,'  2023 TechGC PE Buyout M&A Virtual Forum - January 26, 2023, co-speaker

• ABA (RPTE) Presentation: Key Considerations in Setting Up a Family Office (co-presenter with Ivan Sacks and Kirby Rosplock, Tamarind Partners) - June 29, 2021

• 'Family Office Compliance Policies and Record Keeping,' Tamarind Learning Podcast Series - November 13, 2020, speaker

• 'Family Office Set-up, Structure, and Compliance,' Tamarind Learning Podcast Series - November 9, 2020, speaker

• 'Withers talks: families and family office | Ep 2 - Employment agreements, and incentives for performance and retention,' Withersworldwide podcast - September 3, 2020, speaker

• 'Dolphin Tank Fashion Tech,' Springboard Enterprises (San Francisco) - February 26, 2020, speaker

• 'Family Relationships: Married-ins', Family Business Magazine's Transitions East 2015 Conference, Tampa - March 25-27, 2015

• 'Legal Concerns Relevant to the New Generation', Columbia University's Family Business Club 2015 Conference, New York City - February 20, 2015

• 'Structuring Your Family Office for Success: What Every Family Should Know About Government Taxation, Regulation, and the New Rules for 2015 and Beyond', NYSSCPA's Fifth Annual Family Office Conference, New York City - February 2015

• 'Is the World Really Flat for U.S. Families Investing Abroad?', Sustainable Family Office Operations and Management Conference, New York City - June 2014

• 'Regulatory Roundup: The Current Compliance Challenges Faced by the Affluent and their Advisors', Private Asset Management, New York City - May 2014

• 'Not All in the Family: Navigating Securities Laws for Family Offices and Estate Planning', ALI-CLE - November 2013

• AICPA Family Office Group Meeting, Pasadena, CA - November 2013

• 'From Family Office Formation to Regulation', Family Firm Institute Conference, San Diego, CA - October 2013

• 'Understanding the Impact of Regulatory Issues Confronting Family Offices', UBS Family Office Forum - May 2013

• 'Compliance Best Practices', Fidelity Family Office Services - April 2013

• 'Take 15 Series', CFA Institute - February 2013 - Click here to watch the interview on Brightcove.com

• 'The Brave New World of Advertising', Raising Capital from the Exceptionally Wealthy - January, 2013

• 'The Impact of Dodd-Frank On Family Offices,' Financial Navigator - September 2012, webinar - Click here to watch the presentation

• 'Dodd Frank and Registration of Family Offices with the SEC', AICPA Family Office Networking Group, New York City - April 2012

• 'Dodd Frank Act: A New Paradigm for Family Office', Opal Financial Group Family Office & Private Wealth Management Forum, Santa Rosa - Nov 2011

• 'Family Office Exemption under Dodd-Frank', FiNalternatives, October 2011

• 'How Will Dodd-Frank Act Affect Me?', Withers' The Old And The New Seminar, Zurich and Geneva, Switzerland - February 2011

• 'SEC Regulation of Family Offices', MetCircle, New York - January 2011

External publications

• 'How Billionaire Family Offices Bet on Stocks During Tariff Turmoil,' CNBC - August 21, 2025, quoted

• 'Family Office Compensation Considerations: An Introduction to the Lawyer's Perspective on Incentivizing and Compensating Key Leadership of a Family Office,' FFI Practitioner - November 5, 2024, co-author

• 'The 3 Types of UHNW Clients and How to Serve Them,' ALM Think Advisor - September 1, 2023, quoted

• 'Archegos implosion could lead to family-office regulation,' InvestmentNews - April 8, 2021, quoted

• 'The Corporate Transparency Act: A new US federal reporting requirement for beneficial owners of US entities,' Withers Insight - January 4, 2021, co-author

• 'SEC proposes significant increase to reporting threshold on Form 13F for institutional investment managers,' Withers Insight - July 21, 2020, co-author

• 'Your lenders have called - What should you do now? Insights for US businesses navigating the impact of the coronavirus,' Withers Insight - May 5, 2020, co-author

• 'Global Law Firm Withers' Family Office Group Advises Ultra-Rich,' __ Bloomberg Law - June 25, 2019, quoted

• 'Checklist of routine annual and other activities to be completed by voluntary filers,' Withers article - December 2017, co-author

• 'International witholding tax- What fund lawyers need to know,' Lexis Practice Advisor - November 2017, co-author

• 'Preparing to transition your business to a leader from outside the family', Family Business Magazine - May-June 2015

• 'Top five regulatory concerns for family offices', Bloomberg Brief: Family Office Special Report - June 2014, co-author

• 'The complete family office handbook: A guide for affluent families and the advisors who serve them' - January 2014, chapter co-author

• 'Cross-border investing and taxes', Investments & Pensions Asia - March/April 2013

• 'A regulatory countdown', Private Wealth - January 2012, co-author

• 'Analyzing the family office rule', New York Law Journal - January 2012, co-author

• 'US securities alert - Large trader reporting - New rule 13h-1', Withers Bergman LLP Briefing Notes - August 2011

• 'US Securities and Exchange Commission issues final rule: Are you a foreign private adviser?', Withers Bergman LLP Briefing Notes - June 2011, co-author

• 'US Securities and Exchange Commission issues final rule: Federal vs. state regulation of investment advisers', Withers Bergman LLP Briefing Notes - June 2011, co-author

• 'US Securities and Exchange Commission issues final rule: Private fund adviser exemptions', Withers Bergman LLP Briefing Notes - June 2011, co-author

• 'SEC issues greatly expanded definition of family office', Withers Bergman LLP Briefing Notes - June 2011, co-author

• 'How will Dodd-Frank affect me?', STEPJournal, March 2011

• 'Dodd-Frank and rules on foreign private advisor exemption', Offshore Red - December/January 2010/11

Admissions

• State of Illinois, 1989

• Registered Foreign Lawyer in the UK, 2007

• State of New York, 2008

Education

• Notre Dame Law School, cum laude, J.D.

• University of Notre Dame, B.B.A.

Memberships

• Trustee of the Museum of the City of New York (2012-2025) 

Languages

• English

Key dates

• Year joined: 2007
• Year became partner: 2007