Lawyers in United States

Rebecca Lynne Burnham

Of Counsel

Greenberg Traurig

Rebecca MacDowell Lecaroz

Partner

Brown Rudnick LLP

Rebecca Nelson

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Rebecca Neuschatz Zelenka

Ms. Zelenka is a corporate partner, resident in the Firm’s Washington, DC office. Her practice focuses on asset management work, concentrating on the structuring and offering of private equity funds and other alternative investment structures. She advises on all aspects of fund formation and ongoing operations of funds and their managers. Ms. Zelenka's broad range of fund experience includes private equity/buyout, credit (including direct lending, mezzanine and others), real estate, special situations, infrastructure, regional-focused,‎ life sciences, funds-of-funds (primary, secondary, and industry-focused), employee and others. In addition, she advises clients on fund and manager-related matters such as employee incentive arrangements, stake investments; spin-out transactions; fund restructurings and reorganizations; GP-led secondaries; placement agent arrangements; and regulatory matters.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Rebecca Pereira

Rebecca Pereira has experience providing tax and structuring advice for a wide variety of domestic and international financial and business transactions, including cross-border financings, investment funds, private equity investments, real estate transactions, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions. Rebecca also advises multinational financial institutions and fund managers on FATCA compliance and related matters.

Clifford Chance

Rebecca Raphaelson

Rebecca’s practice encompasses a wide range of litigation matters, including construction, complex business litigation, and fiduciary matters. She represents clients in a variety of business disputes, negotiations and investigations, in litigation and in alternative dispute resolution forums, including JAMS and the ICC, and is well-versed in issues related to e-discovery and privilege. Read full biography.

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Rebecca S. Coccaro

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Rebecca Schindel

Rebecca J. Schindel focuses her practice on complex litigation, particularly in the areas of antitrust, securities and general commercial disputes.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Rebecca Searle

Associate

Jones Day

Rebecca Silberstein

Ms. Silberstein, Global Chair of Debevoise’s Investment Management Group, oversees the firm’s funds practice in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Ms. Silberstein was previously Co-Chair of the firm’s Private Equity Group for over a decade, and has built a leading fund formation practice over her nearly 30 years at the firm. She focuses on advising private equity firms and financial sponsors of private investment funds, including global private equity, leveraged buyout, energy and infrastructure, banking and financial services, mezzanine, credit and distressed debt funds, as well as bespoke funds and separate accounts. She also advises on regulatory matters, carry plans, employee investment programs and acquisitions and dispositions of interests in private equity firms, as well as joint ventures and strategic partnerships, management team spin-outs and the establishment of new private equity firms. Ms. Silberstein’s clients include Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Credit Suisse, Global Infrastructure Partners, Investcorp, Kelso & Company, Morgan Stanley, One Rock Capital and Stone Point Capital. Ms. Silberstein was named to The American Lawyer’s “45 Under 45” list of the top women lawyers, where she is applauded for building a high-profile practice with “a unique mix of tenacity and grace.” Ms. Silberstein is ranked in the top band for private equity fund formation by Chambers USA (2023), where she is said to be a “a fierce advocate for her clients,” “proactive, smart, and commercial” and “technically skilled.” The guide has described her as “an impressive lawyer [who] has her pulse on what’s happening in the field” and a “fantastic” lawyer who is “very practical, very smart and really knows the industry.” Sources say she is “a luminary,” with clients praising her for her understanding of “the nuances of our business and the market.” The guides have also described her as “a fount of knowledge,” and “a market leader.” She has received extensive praise from clients, who laud her “great advocacy and great representation in the context of a very commercial backdrop” and endorse her “incredibly thoughtful and business-minded approach,” noting that “she has a tremendous understanding of the issues that are unique to this industry and is a standout negotiator.” She is recognized as a top-tier lawyer in Chambers Global (2023), and in previous editions of the guide, sources say she “always understands the issues, is very commercial in her approach and understands our business and sensitivities well.” Ms. Silberstein has also been named a Notable Woman in Law by Crain’s New York Business (2019), listed as a Most Highly Regarded Individual in New York for private funds by Who’s Who Legal Private Funds: Formation (2017), and she is noted as a highly regarded lawyer for Investment Funds Private Funds in the United States by IFLR1000 (2022). In 2016, she was named “Best in Investment Funds” at the fifth annual Americas Women in Business Law Awards presented by Euromoney Legal Media Group. Ms. Silberstein served as the New York City Bar Association’s 2018-2021 Chair of the Private Investment Funds Committee and has been a leader of the International Bar Association’s Investment Funds Committee for over a decade, serving as 2017–2018 Co-Chair of the Committee. She was the 2014 Chair and is a leading member of the Private Investment Funds Forum and is a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences. She is Chair of the Organizing Committee of the IBA’s Private Investment Funds Conference and was Chair of the 2019 IBA Annual Conference on the Globalisation of Investment Funds. Ms. Silberstein joined Debevoise in 1993 and became a partner in 2001. She received her B.A. magna cum laude from Yeshiva University in 1990 and her J.D. summa cum laude from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1993, where she was a supervising editor of the Law Review.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Rebecca Sivitz

Partner

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Rebecca Spraggins

Associate - Corporate and Finance

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Rebecca Van Derlaske

Partner

Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP

Rebecca Weinstein Bacon

Bartlit Beck LLP

Rebecca Zarett

Associate - Real Estate

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Rebekah Prince

Rebekah Prince has significant experience negotiating celebrity endorsement transactions as well as joint ventures and license agreements in the sports, restaurant and hospitality, media and entertainment, health and fitness, and consumer products industries. Ms. Prince notably provides her clients—a growing number of which are current and former professional athletes—with legal advice traditionally offered to family offices and implements corporate governance and structure to growing individual brands. She works both with younger players navigating the beginning of a professional career, as well as current and retired players who are transitioning from being known as solely as athletes into successful business owners and investors. Ms. Prince also has long-standing experience representing buyers, sellers and investment advisers in connection with financings and mergers and acquisitions of private and public companies. She has been involved in the structuring and closing of multimillion-dollar acquisitions of franchise systems and large-scale portfolio purchases and sales of franchised and company-operated outlets. Ms. Prince regularly advises clients on the structuring of domestic and international franchise ventures, including the registration, disclosure and development of franchise systems.

Duane Morris LLP

Rebekah Scherr

Rebekah Scherr is an antitrust partner in Kirkland's Washington D.C., office. Rebekah’s practice is focused on advising U.S. and multinational clients on a range of antitrust and competition issues, with an emphasis on merger notification compliance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act and globally. Rebekah also counsels clients with respect to general compliance with antitrust laws, including integration planning, gun-jumping and other aspects of the merger review process. Rebekah has represented a diverse range of clients, including public and private companies and investment funds. Rebekah has experience in a multitude of industries, including pharmaceuticals, computer software, luxury goods and consumer products, transportation, energy, construction machinery and equipment, emerging technologies and others.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Reed Brodsky

Reed Brodsky is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s New York office. Mr. Brodsky is co-chair of Gibson Dunn’s Litigation Practice Group and a member of the Crisis Management, Securities Enforcement and White Collar Defense and Investigations Groups. Reed is a nationally recognized trial lawyer in criminal and civil cases. He is known for high-profile white collar wins (U.S. v. Raj Rajaratnam; U.S. v. Rajat Gupta); and high-profile trials, Chevron v. Donziger (2013), AlixPartners v. Thompson (2014), Lavastone v. Coventry First (2015), SEC v. Patriarch Partners/Lynn Tilton (2016); PFM v. Theranos (2017); United States v. Greebel (2017). He focuses on trials, white collar, securities enforcement, investigations, and commercial litigation.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Reggie Babin

Reggie is a Senior Counsel in Akin’s top-ranked lobbying and public policy practice, bringing nearly a decade of Capitol Hill experience, including serving as chief counsel to Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY). He advises clients on navigating the evolving policy landscape in Congress, the White House, and executive branch agencies, with expertise in federal policy and strategic advocacy on complex policy reforms. Reggie leverages deep relationships across Congress, the executive branch, and key stakeholder communities to help clients navigate complex policy landscapes and engage effectively with federal decision-makers. Currently, he co-leads Akin's artificial intelligence (AI) policy initiatives, actively engaging with stakeholders in Congress and the Executive Branch on behalf of a broad range of clients and contributing to national discussions on AI regulation. To learn more about Mr. Babin, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/reggie-babin

Akin

Reggie Smith

Partner

King & Spalding

Regina Schlatter

Regina Schlatter is counsel in the Corporate Department. Regina represents public corporations and investors in securities laws reporting and compliance and corporate governance, in the context of general company representation, and in connection with corporate transactions and securities offerings. Regina has extensive experience in Proxy Statement preparation, executive compensation disclosure, and related compliance with stockholder advisory group recommendations. She regularly advises US and non-US entities on their disclosure obligations under, and compliance with, Sections 13 and 16 of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the US stock exchange corporate governance requirements, and Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933. She is an active participant in the firm’s pro bono programs. Regina frequently works the Election Protection (866OURVOTE) national call-in-center, has successfully represented individuals in guardianship and special immigration juvenile status proceedings, and has assisted at guardianship walk-in-clinics. Regina is a member of the firm's Public Company Representation and Benefits, Compensation & Employment Practices.

Latham & Watkins

Reginald Brown

Reginald “Reg” Brown is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Reg has a vibrant and diverse crisis and governmental investigations practice, and he has previously served in the White House Counsel’s office, where he was the White House’s principal legal liaison to the Departments of Treasury as well as many independent financial services agencies. He is Chambers Band 1 ranked for both Congressional and Crisis matters. Reg has assisted leading institutions and high-profile individual clients with more than a hundred-fifty congressional inquiries and hearings, as well as many federal, state and global crisis avoidance and mitigation matters. Reg also leads teams of lawyers responding to some of the most challenging investigations and inquiries led by departments and agencies within the Administration and numerous State Attorneys General. Many of his clients are among the world’s most prominent banks, hedge funds, asset managers, private equity and venture firms, energy companies, technology and social media firms, healthcare institutions and government contractors, as well as individual CEOs and high-ranking public officials. Reg has also assisted prospective and incumbent high-level public officials in connection with complex ethics agreements and governmental controversies.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Reginald Goeke

Partner

Mayer Brown

Reid Bagwell

Partner

Goodwin