1 Jun 2011
DLA Piper has announced that David Goldstein and Gerald Rokoff, both formerly with White & Case LLP, have joined the firm as partners in New York. Goldstein joins the firm’s global Finance Group and will lead the Investment Funds Practice. Rokoff joins the Tax Group.
At White & Case, Goldstein served as Co-Head of the Investment Funds Practice and advised on the formation and regulation of large domestic and international privately pooled investment vehicles, as well as first-time funds of high quality emerging managers. In addition, Goldstein counsels fund sponsors in structuring their governance and compensation arrangements. His broad range of clients includes middle-market funds, real estate opportunity and value funds, international private equity and real estate funds, hedge funds and emerging markets funds.
Rokoff, formerly the Chair of White & Case's Global Tax Planning Committee, has more than 30 years of experience advising asset managers on global and US tax-related issues. Rokoff’s practice involves advising fund sponsors, investment advisors and investors in identifying and implementing tax-efficient investment structures. He has structured investments for US and non-US investors across an array of asset classes including real estate, debt and equities, operating businesses and alternative investments. Rokoff also advises commercial and investment banks on the tax aspects of capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships, multi-jurisdictional acquisitions and dispositions, leveraged buy-outs and bankruptcy reorganizations. Prior to joining White & Case in 2005, Rokoff helped launch the investment banking advisory practice at KPMG.
“With the addition of David and Jerry, DLA Piper deepens its investment funds bench and creates a significant opportunity to develop a holistic practice representing private equity and hedge funds in their most complex transactions,” said Roger Meltzer, Global Chair of DLA Piper’s Corporate and Finance Practice. “Their collective experience further enhances our full service approach to representing specific needs of private investment fund clients across all sectors.”
At White & Case, Goldstein served as Co-Head of the Investment Funds Practice and advised on the formation and regulation of large domestic and international privately pooled investment vehicles, as well as first-time funds of high quality emerging managers. In addition, Goldstein counsels fund sponsors in structuring their governance and compensation arrangements. His broad range of clients includes middle-market funds, real estate opportunity and value funds, international private equity and real estate funds, hedge funds and emerging markets funds.
Rokoff, formerly the Chair of White & Case's Global Tax Planning Committee, has more than 30 years of experience advising asset managers on global and US tax-related issues. Rokoff’s practice involves advising fund sponsors, investment advisors and investors in identifying and implementing tax-efficient investment structures. He has structured investments for US and non-US investors across an array of asset classes including real estate, debt and equities, operating businesses and alternative investments. Rokoff also advises commercial and investment banks on the tax aspects of capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships, multi-jurisdictional acquisitions and dispositions, leveraged buy-outs and bankruptcy reorganizations. Prior to joining White & Case in 2005, Rokoff helped launch the investment banking advisory practice at KPMG.
