Mitchell Nichter
Partner, Investment Management Practice, Paul Hastings LLP
Mitchell Nichter practices corporate and securities law with the international law firm Paul Hastings, concentrating on hedge funds, offshore funds, mutual fuds, closed-end funds, fund governance, and on the structuring, financing, formation and regulation (federal and state) of hedge funds and other financial services businesses. He heads up the Firm’s hedge fund practice.
During his more than 20 years of practice in the hedge fund and investment management industry, Mr. Nichter’s clients have included U.S. and offshore investment and hedge funds, registered investment companies (open end mutual funds and closed-end exchange-listed funds), independent mutual fund board members, investment advisers, broker-dealers, banks, trust companies and other types of financial institutions. He has extensive experience assisting hedge fund managers, mutual funds and other financial service businesses in dealing with federal and state regulatory authorities, investor disputes, and on securities and transactional matters, including acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, reorganizations and joint ventures.
Mr. Nichter regularly writes and speaks on numerous topics in the hedge fund and investment management area. He is listed in the Chambers USA Guide to Leading Investment Funds Lawyers, the Chambers Global Guide to Leading Investment Funds Lawyers, The Legal 500 (United States) as a leading hedge fund and mutual fund lawyer, and in IFLR’s Leading Investment Funds Lawyers.
Mr. Nichter has a BA from the University of California, and an MBA and JD from Washington University St. Louis.