Stephanie Thomas is a prominent partner in the Private Equity Funds Group at the renowned law firm Morrison & Foerster LLP, where she specializes in private equity fund formation and regulatory compliance matters. With more than a decade of experience in the field, Stephanie has an illustrious track record of representing fund sponsors, institutional investors, and investment advisers in connection with the formation of and investments in private equity funds of various sizes and investment focuses. Stephanie has considerable expertise in upper-tier planning, parallel and feeder fund structures, securities law matters, ERISA compliance, transfers or sales of partnership interests, including secondary transactions, and other tax and regulatory matters.

Stephanie has a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Political Science/Public Law from the University of California, San Diego, and a JD from the UCLA School of Law, where she served as Managing Editor of the UCLA Law Review. Before joining Morrison & Foerster LLP, Stephanie was an associate at Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, where she worked in the fund formation group in the Palo Alto office.

Stephanie is an expert in Investment Advisers Act, the Dodd-Frank Act, and other relevant regulatory frameworks governing private equity fund formation and investment. She advises institutional investors, state and corporate pension funds, insurance companies, investment managers, and fund-of-funds in these investments. Besides, Stephanie has represented investors in hundreds of foreign and domestic fund formation transactions, including some of the largest private equity funds ever formed.

In summary, Stephanie Thomas is a seasoned private equity fund formation and regulatory compliance expert who has worked with hundreds of investors, fund sponsors, and investment advisers on various fund formation and transaction matters.