Stephen M. Vine

Partner Emeritus

Areas of Focus

Stephen M. Vine

Partner Emeritus

svine@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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Biography
  • Co-led the firm’s investment management practice.
  • One of the founding partners of the New York office.

Stephen retired from the partnership in 2022. He focused exclusively on private investment funds and their managers. For more than 45 years, Stephen advised some of the largest and most prominent private investment funds and fund managers in connection with their fund formation and capital raising activities.

In addition to the creation of private investment funds, Stephen’s practice included advice on planning and executing investment and financing transactions, as well as on forming and operating investment management firms. He also assisted fund managers in registration and regulatory compliance.

Education
  • J.D., Harvard Law School, cum laude, 1977

  • A.B., Harvard University, magna cum laude, 1974

Bar Admissions
  • New York

Recognitions
  • Included in the 2023 editions of The Best Lawyers in America for New York – Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law.
  • The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Hong Kong, Investment Funds, 2021 and Singapore, Investment Funds, 2022.
  • Who’s Who Legal, Private Funds, 2021.
  • Chambers USA, Investment Funds: Hedge Funds – USA, Nationwide, 2008-2023.
  • Chambers Global, Investment Funds: Hedge Funds, 2018-2022.
  • The Legal 500 US, "Hall of Fame," 2022; Investment Funds: Alternative/Hedge Funds, 2014-2022; Private Equity Funds, 2014-2019; and Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital), 2022.

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