Brunjes joins in the Boston and New York offices as shareholder, and Garver in the New York office as of counsel, where they will add to the firm’s growing Private Investment Funds group.
Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Brunjes and Garver were at Bracewell & Giuliani in its Connecticut office where Brunjes, a partner, was a member of Private Investment Funds Group, and head of the Fund Formation practice. Garver was a member of the Private Investment Funds and Corporate and Securities Groups.
In today’s press release at the firm’s site, Michael Lehr, Regional Operating Shareholder was quoted as saying: “The addition of Brunjes and Garver will increase our presence in the hedge fund and private equity fund legal arena, especially in the New York to Boston geographic region. Their experience in fund formation and investment advisory matters will nicely compliment our existing capabilities in those areas.
Brunjes’ practice focuses on advising managers and sponsors in hedge fund, private equity, and venture capital fund formation as well as operational and compliance issues, with particular emphasis on structuring private domestic and offshore capital pools.
Garver represents financial institutions in a variety of transactional and regulatory matters with a focus on investment advisers, hedge funds and other private investment funds.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with approximately 1800 attorneys serving clients from more than 30 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia.