Christian Gloger is a partner at Kleinberg Kaplan where he advises U.S. and international hedge funds and private equity funds on strategic and regulatory issues related to their formation, structure and operations. He also advises clients with respect to management company matters such as seed and anchor capital arrangements and general securities laws such as the Investment Advisers Act, the Investment Company Act, and other regulatory changes under the Dodd-Frank Act.

Christian was recognized as a leading practitioner in Legal Media Group's Banking, Finance and Transactional Law Expert Guide (Investment Funds category - United States) in 2019 and in its Expert Guide to Rising Stars (Investment Funds category - United States) from 2015-2018. He has also been named a “Rising Star” by IFLR1000 since 2014.

EDUCATION

New York University (LL.M., 2009)
University of Freiburg (PhD in law, 2005)
University of Freiburg (M.A., 2002)
University of Grenoble (Diplôme d'Administration et Politique Internationales, 1997)

BAR ADMISSION

New York
Germany

LECTURER

International Law & Business: U.S. Securities Law
Guest Lecturer, Swiss Business School, December 2019

Legal Risks and Cautionary Tales for Service Providers
Speaker, Hedge Fund Round Table, September 2019

Recent Trends in Enforcement Actions Against Private Fund Advisers
Co-Presenter, 10th Annual Private Investment Funds Tax & Accounting Master Class, May 2019

PUBLICATIONS

Start-Up / Venture Capital August Newsletter
Beiten Burkhardt Newsletter, August 2019 (co-author)

Application of the EU Investment Fund Manager Directive for Non-U.S. Manager
Hedge Fund Law Report, May 2013 (co-author)

Shareholders’ Liability for Extinguishing the Corporate Entity and Undercapitalization
ZInsO, 2008 (publication in German) (co-author)

The New Shareholders’ Liability for Extinguishing the Corporate Entity under German Limited Company Law and Comparison to UK Law
DStR, 2008 p. 1141-1146 (Part I) and p. 1194-1197 (Part II) (publication in German) (co-author)

Special Aspects of Shareholders’ Liability of a Limited Company (Ltd.) in Brazilian Consumer Law
Revista do Direito do Consumidor, 2005 (publication in Portuguese)

Special Aspects of Shareholders’ Liability of a Limited Company (Ltd.) in Brazilian Consumer Law, Jayme, Erik/Schindler, Christian (Hrsg.)
Portugiesisch — Weltsprache des Rechts, Aachen: Shaker Verlag GmbH, 2004 (publication in German)

Brazil’s Political Landscape After the Elections: Election Results between Changes and Continuity
Lateinamerika Analysen, No. 4, 2003 (publication in German)

Presidential Pre-elections in Brazil
rennpunkt Lateinamerika, No. 08-02, 2002 (publication in German)

LANGUAGES

German, English & Portuguese (Fluent)
French (Advanced)
Spanish (Reading only)

MEMBER

Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, Membership and Marketing Committee
German-American Lawyers Association
German-Brazilian Lawyers Association
New York City Bar Association