Karl Paulson Egbert
Biography
Karl Paulson Egbert is the global co-chair of the Investment Funds and Derivatives groups and a member of the firm’s Global Financial Services Regulation steering committee. Karl oversees a team of lawyers on a wide range of US regulatory, corporate and derivatives matters. Karl has practiced in New York, London, Hong Kong and Washington, DC, working on fund formation, derivatives matters and capital markets transactions.
He is also an adjunct professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center.
Practice Focus
Karl oversees Baker McKenzie’s U.S. open-end funds and derivatives practices and combines the expertise of various Baker McKenzie groups into his practice. He has significant experience in advising global investment managers with respect to fund formation and negotiation with strategic investors across a variety of strategies and asset classes, including long-short strategies, quantitative trading, carbon, and a variety of real assets. He also assists international financial institutions and fund managers on a wide variety of regulatory issues, including SEC adviser registration and exemptions, global expansion (including into China) and strategic advice in response to crises and anticipation of regulatory initiatives, such as the SEC Private Fund Adviser Rule, Stock Connect and OTC derivatives reforms.
Karl has been recognized as a leading investment funds lawyer by Chambers Global, which stated: “sources value him as a one-stop shop for assistance or direction and, further praise his willingness to think outside conventional parameters.” He has also been listed in Chambers Asia, The Legal 500 (US), The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for alternative investments and regulatory work. He is regularly quoted in media outlets, such as the Financial Times, Bloomberg, the South China Morning Post, and Reuters.
He is also an adjunct professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center.
Representative Legal Matters
Karl has handled the following matters:
- Acting as global and US counsel to various US, Asian and European private fund launches, including strategic advice relating to seed arrangements and manager compensation.
- Advising a global pension manager with respect to carbon fund and trading matters.
- Providing advice to Europe and Asia-based investment managers on US law and SEC adviser registration and day-to-day compliance with the Advisers Act, Investment Company Act, Securities Act and Exchange Act.
- Guiding Asian and European asset managers through the process of expansion into the United States.
- Advising global financial institutions on the impact of OTC derivatives reforms.
- Counseling of asset managers and financial institutions on Stock Connect and other means of accessing Mainland Chinese markets and investors.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association – Member
- New York City Bar Association – Member
- New York City Bar Association – Private Investment Funds Committee – Member
Admissions
- District of Columbia~United States (2006)
- New York~United States (2004)
Education
- University of Michigan (JD) (2001)
- Yale University (BA) (1996)