Rory M. Cohen is a partner in the New York office and a member of Mayer Brown's Corporate & Securities practice. Rory focuses his practice on advising private investment funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds and real estate funds, in matters relating to fund formation, the distribution of fund interests, broker-dealer and investment adviser registration and compliance and private equity transactions. He also provides counsel in response to regulatory inquiries and other issues arising under the Investment Advisers Act, the Investment Company Act and FINRA rules and on the structuring of seed investments, revenue-sharing arrangements, portfolio manager lift-outs, spin-outs, mergers and acquisitions and other transactions involving investment management entities. Rory represents clients including private fund sponsors, separate account managers, broker-dealers and institutional investors and managers.