Eli S. Rosenbaum
Counsel
Eli S. Rosenbaum is counsel in Ropes & Gray's asset management group. His practice is focused on advising institutional investors on their investments in the full range of private funds. Eli also has experience representing sponsors of private funds with respect to both formation and compliance matters. Clients turn to Eli for his practical, commercial and candid advice. He has broad knowledge of the private funds market, and balances a focus on details with big-picture thinking about what makes the most sense for clients, based on their investment goals.
Eli has negotiated private fund investments on behalf of university endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, funds of funds and other large investors. He has experience with buyout, hedge, venture, credit, real estate, natural resources and evergreen funds. He has advised participants in co-investment and secondary transactions, and counseled investors on structuring and operational matters. He also registered several large private fund sponsors with the Securities and Exchange Commission as investment advisers.
Experience
- Annie E. Casey Foundation
- CAAT Pension Plan
- Columbia University
- Cook Children’s Health Care Center
- Cordillera Investment Partners
- Fidelity Investments
- Grinnell College
- Museum of Modern Art
- Teachers College
Publications
- Quoted, “Proxy for Permanence: Unique Challenges of Creating Private Fund PCVs and Potential Solutions (Part Three of Three),” Private Equity Law Report (June 8, 2021)
- Quoted, “Proxy for Permanence: Common Features and Structures of Private Fund PCVs (Part Two of Three),” Private Equity Law Report (May 25, 2021)
- Quoted, “Proxy for Permanence: Longer Duration, Not Perpetuity, Is Hallmark of Private Fund PCVs (Part One of Three),” Private Equity Law Report (May 18, 2021)
Education
- JD, Harvard Law School, 2009
- MPP, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, 2009
- AB, summa cum laude, Harvard College, 2005; Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions / Qualifications
Qualifications
- Massachusetts, 2009