Practice Areas
Honors + Affiliations
Listed, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2004–2010)
Listed, Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers (2007–2010)
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America (2005–2010)
Listed, "Guide to the World's Leading Investment Funds Lawyers," International Financial Law Review/Expert Guides (1st and 2nd editions)
Listed, New York Super Lawyer
Listed, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds in The US Legal 500 (2009–2010)
Listed, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds in The US Legal 500 (2010)
Former President, American College of Investment Counsel
Former Member, Board of Governors, The Association of Life Insurance Counsel
Member, Private Investment Funds Forum
Member, National Association of Public Pension Attorneys
Editorial Board Member, Stanford Law Review
Recipient, Cambridge College Prize for Academic Excellence
Bar Admissions
- New York
- New York
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101 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10178-0060
Phone: 212.309.6603
Fax: 212.309.6001
Louis H. Singer is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Business and Finance Practice and head of the firm's Private Investment Funds Practice. Mr. Singer's clients include public and private pension funds, life insurance companies, private investment funds, investment managers, universities, and family offices. He is a member of Morgan Lewis's firmwide Advisory Board.
Mr. Singer represents domestic and international clients in regard to virtually every type of private investment fund, including buyout, venture capital, real estate opportunity, corporate governance, hedge, distressed assets, energy, infrastructure, and mezzanine funds. He has an extensive background in the formation of funds-of-funds and co-investment funds and in their investment activities.
Mr. Singer's practice also focuses on the representation of institutional investors in direct debt and equity investments, including the purchase of senior and subordinated notes, mezzanine investments, buyouts, venture capital investments, secondary transactions, and structured financings. He has represented life insurance companies, pension funds, and other financial institutions for over 25 years.
Mr. Singer served as a trustee of the American College of Investment Counsel for nine years and as president of that organization. He also served for four years as a member of the board of governors of the Association of Life Insurance Counsel. He was elected to membership in the New York Private Investment Funds Forum.
Mr. Singer's recent speaking engagements have included presentations to the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys, the International Bar Association, SuperReturn USA, the Institute for Private Investors, the American College of Investment Counsel, and the Association of Life Insurance Counsel. Mr. Singer is listed in numerous directories, including Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
In 2006, Mr. Singer was named by Private Equity International as one of the 30 most influential private equity lawyers in the world.
Mr. Singer is admitted to practice in New York.
Education
- Stanford University Law School, 1977, J.D.
- Cambridge University, 1975, LL.B., First Class
- University of Pennsylvania, 1973, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa