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Marie T. DeFalco
Member of the Firm

Roseland, New York
Tel: 973.597.6180 | Fax: 973.597.6181

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Marie T. DeFalco is Vice Chair of the firm's Investment Management Group, representing investment management clients throughout the United States and internationally. She has special expertise in structuring business transactions to maximize the achievement of clients' goals, from both a business and tax perspective, particularly transactions involving limited liability companies and partnerships. Ms. DeFalco assists clients with the formation and operation of hedge funds and private equity funds, in the organization of joint ventures, and in the negotiation of shareholder and limited liability company agreements. She chairs the Fund Formation and Structuring section of the Investment Management Practice Group. Ms. DeFalco holds an A.B. in Economics from Cornell University and a J.D. from Yale Law School. She is admitted to practice law in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

Recent Speaking Engagements

"Marketing and Advertising Activites - Emerging Issues and Opportunities," Regulatory and Compliance Association - US Centric Simulcast, Marie T. DeFalco Esq., July 28, 2010
"The Compliance and Regulatory Environment for Fund Managers," IvyPlus Fund Manager Business Development Conference - Capital Raise and Compliance Agenda, Lowenstein Sandler, Roseland, NJ. Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., June 15, 2010
"Panel: Fair Market Valuation - Implementing FAS 157 in 2009," WIN Investor Forum, Pfizer-Wyeth, Monmouth Junction, NJ, Marie T. DeFalco Esq., June 2, 2010
"Panel: Legislative and Regulatory Update," Private Equity in a Changing Market, Eisner LLP, New York, NY, Marie T. DeFalco Esq., January 28, 2010
"Deferred Compensation for Fund Managers Post 457A," Roundtable Event, Lowenstein Sandler, New York, NY, Marie T. DeFalco Esq., Andrew E. Graw Esq., and Karen W. Scheffler Esq., December 9, 2009
"Alternative Asset Management - An Industry in Transition," Annual Asset Management Through Leadership Conference Hosted by RCA, Hilton Hotel, New York, NY, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., November 5, 2009
"Regulatory Compliance Association and the National Futures Association," Sheraton Hotel & Towers, New York, NY, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., April 20, 2009
"Herbert L. Jamison & Co. Conference on Partnership and Trust Agreements for Hedge Funds," Harvard Club, New York, NY, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., March 19, 2009
"Worst Approaches to People in Bad Markets", Credit Suisse Alternative Investment Managers CFO/COO Conference on the Rise of the Hedge Fund Investor, The Breakers, Palm Beach, FL, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., March 1, 2009
"The Valuation Process: Best Practices to Protect Your Fund," 7th Hedge Fund Auditing, Accounting & Administration Forum, Helmsley Hotel, New York, NY, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., December 12, 2008
Regulatory Outlook Panel, Hedge Fund and Private Equity Forum "2009 Investment Outlook," Eisner LLP, New York, NY, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., December 8, 2008.
"MarHedge's 3rd Annual Regulatory & Compliance Conference: Hedge Fund Best Practices at the Ritz-Carlton," Miami, FL, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., December 2, 2008; Panel: "Valuation: The Prospective Climate in 2009." Presentation to Rothstein Kass auditors and tax professionals regarding private equity fund documentation, Westminster Hotel, Livingston, NJ, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., November 3, 2008
"The Hedge Fund Operational Risk and Compliance Summit," Delmar Hotel in Old Greenwich, CT, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., June 25, 2008
"IvyPlus: Hedge Fund Seeding and Emerging Managers," Lowenstein Sandler, New York, NY, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., April 28, 2008
"What I Know Now (That I Wish I Had Known Then) About Partnership," Practising Law Institute (PLI) seminar on Success Strategies for New Partners: Making Sense of Making Partner, PLI New York Center, New York, NY, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., March 25, 2008
"Hedge Fund Marketing and Sales: Practical, Business & Legal Concerns," WestLegal seminar on New Frontiers in Hedge Fund Due Diligence, Millennium Broadway Hotel, New York, NY, March 19, 2008
"IvyPlus: Launching Your Hedge Fund / Private Equity Fund," Lowenstein Sandler, New York, NY, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., December 4, 2007
"MARHedge Conferences on Hedge Fund Best Practices: Operations and Regulatory Compliance," Institutional Investor, Ritz Carlton, Grand Caymans, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., November 14- 16, 2007
"Hedge Fund Due Diligence Conference: Legal Considerations," IncreMental Advantage, Harvard Club, New York, NY, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., October 16, 2007
"Current Issues and Trends: Fund Manager Compensation and Offshore Fee Deferrals," The Westin, Princeton, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., September 18, 2007
"Current Issues and Trends: Fund Manager Compensation and Offshore Fee Deferrals," The Delamar on Greenwich Harbor, Connecticut, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., July 25, 2007
"Partnerships, LLCs and LLPs: Organization and Operation," Choosing an Entity and Forming and Separating Partnerships and LLCs, Lorman Education Services, Best Western Fairfield Executive Inn, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq. and Brian A. Silikovitz, Esq., July 19, 2007
"Current Issues and Trends: Fund Manager Compensation and Offshore Fee Deferrals," Affinia Manhattan, New York, NY, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., July 12, 2007
"3rd Annual Fund of Funds Business Operations Forum: How Do Fund of Funds Address Concerns about Side Pockets, Exotic Instruments and Marking?" Financial Research Associates, LLC, The New York Helmsley Hotel, New York, NY, Marie T. DeFalco, Esq., May 2, 2007

	Why The EU Must Come To Its Senses peHUB, June 18, 2010 Marie DeFalco
	Comprehensive Financial Industry Regulatory Reform Moves Forward in the U.S. House of Representatives Investment Management Client Alert, January 5, 2010 Marie DeFalco, Scott Moss, Cole Beaubouef, Edward Newlands
	IRS Extends FBAR Filing Deadline for Certain Taxpayers to June 30, 2010 Investment Management and Business Tax Counseling & Structuring Alert, August 10, 2009 Richard Horne, Kenneth Slutsky, Michael Gooen, Marie DeFalco, Peter Greene, Elaine Hughes, Brian Silikovitz, Isaac Hirsch

	In a recent Financier Worldwide article, Marie DeFalco comments on the importance of implementing an effective risk management program for investment funds., Financier Worldwide, February 8, 2010
	Marie DeFalco comments on New Jersey Appellate Court decision barring the use of external managers in connection with public pension schemes., Financial News Online, October 3, 2008
	Marie DeFalco comments on the New Jersey legislature's likelihood to amend relevant statutes to permit allocation of pension schemes to external investment managers., Financial News, October 3, 2008

	September 28, 2010
	The Regulatory, Compliance and Tax Environment for Fund Managers

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	Yale Law School (J.D., 1998), Case Notes Editor, Yale Law Journal, Editor-in-Chief, Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities
	Cornell University (A.B., 1995), Phi Beta Kappa