Myron Kaplan, a founding member of the firm, has extensive experience representing hedge funds as outside general counsel and special counsel. He is involved in the formation, operation, and continuity of these funds and advises funds and their managers on structural and organizational matters as well as ongoing regulatory, governance and compliance issues.
Myron has experience in all aspects of executive compensation, including the design and implementation of compensation plans and negotiating executive employment contracts. In addition, Myron has counseled clients regarding partnership formation as well as partnership dissolution.
Myron also represents companies in a broad spectrum of industries and works on financings, mergers and acquisitions, governance issues, distribution and license agreements and joint ventures. He has served as a director for a number of public companies and nonprofit organizations. Myron was named a New York Super Lawyer in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, and in the 2009 Corporate Counsel national edition of Super Lawyers as one of the top attorneys in corporate and securities law.
BAR ADMISSION:
1970, New York
EDUCATION:
Harvard University (J.D., 1969)
Columbia University (A.B., cum laude, 1966)
PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS OF DIRECTORS:
Kitty Hawk, Inc., Chairman, Compensation Committee, 2002–2007
SAir Group Finance (USA) Inc., 2002-2003
TransWorld Airlines, Inc., 1993-2002, Executive Committee, 1996-1999, Chairman, Compensation Committee, 1996-1999
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS:
JBI International Inc. (formerly The Jewish Braille Institute of America), Trustee, 1979-1991, 1993– , Member, Executive Committee, 1993– , Vice Chairman, 1995 –
The Children's Museum of Manhattan, Trustee, 1991 – , Member, Executive Committee 1992-1999, Chairman, Exhibition Committee, 1992-1999
Public Action Coalition on Toys, Board of Directors, 1976-1983
MEMBER:
American Bar Association (Antitrust Law Section; International Law Section)
LECTURER:
Hedge Fund Services Seminar, 1994
Managed Account Reports, Inc., Conference on Alternative Investments, 1995
Institute for International Research Conference on Financial Products, 1995
UBS Prime Brokerage CFO/COO Conference, October 2007
Goldman Sachs Allocators/Managed Account Seminar, January 2008
Hedge Fund Compensation Practices Conference, hosted by UBS, June 2009
Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Leadership Conference, Prime Services 2nd Annual Global CFO/COO Summit, March 2010
PUBLICATIONS:
"Purchasing Recycled Paper," 58 American Bar Association Journal 851, August 1972
