Stephanie Chaung is Counsel in the Firm's Registered Fund's Practice, focusing on a broad range of investment management and securities law matters related to registered investment advisers, investment companies and their boards of directors in connection with disclosure issues, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, reorganizations and restructurings, tender offers, liquidations and other operational matters. She has a broad background representing open- and closed-end funds, including exchange-traded funds. Stephanie advises asset management firms on transactional and regulatory matters arising under the Investment Company Act of 1940, including the formation and structuring of interval funds, tender offer funds, listed closed-end funds and business development companies.
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Work Highlights
- Regulated funds managed by affiliates of Blackstone, PGIM, KKR, Hamilton Lane and Franklin Templeton
- Closed-end funds and BDCs in ongoing operations, governance and transactional matters, including fund mergers
- Leading managers of registered funds pursuing secondaries, continuation solutions and co-investments alongside transaction sponsors in the private equity, private credit or infrastructure asset classes
- Multiple fund sponsors on the launch of numerous open-end funds and ETFs
- Fund Counsel to open-end series trusts
Education
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Cornell Law School, 2015 Juris Doctor (JD)
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Binghamton University, State University of New York, 2012 Bachelor of Arts (BA)
magna cum laude
Stephanie Chaung is Counsel in the Firm's Registered Fund's Practice. Based in the Firm’s New York office, Stephanie focuses on a broad range of investment management and securities law matters related to registered investment advisers, investment companies and their boards of directors in connection with disclosure issues, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, reorganizations and restructurings, tender offers, liquidations and other operational matters. She has a broad background representing open- and closed-end funds, including exchange-traded funds. Stephanie advises asset management firms on transactional and regulatory matters arising under the Investment Company Act of 1940, including the formation and structuring of interval funds, tender offer funds, listed closed-end funds and business development companies. Stephanie’s representative work includes advising:
- Regulated funds managed by affiliates of Blackstone, PGIM, KKR, Hamilton Lane and Franklin Templeton
- Closed-end funds and BDCs in ongoing operations, governance and transactional matters, including fund mergers
- Leading managers of registered funds pursuing secondaries, continuation solutions and co-investments alongside transaction sponsors in the private equity, private credit or infrastructure asset classes
- Multiple fund sponsors on the launch of numerous open-end funds and ETFs
- Fund Counsel to open-end series trusts
Stephanie earned her J.D., from Cornell Law School in 2015, and her B.A. from Binghamton University, magna cum laude, in 2012. She is admitted to practice in New York.