Practices
Meir R. Grossman is a partner in the Business Transactions Group. Mr. Grossman works with sponsors and managers of private investment funds on a wide variety of formation, structuring and transactional matters including structuring and negotiating seed and other forms of strategic investments. His practice concentrates on hedge fund M&A and private equity transactions, and he regularly advises investment management firms and their principals on acquisitions and restructurings of investment management firms and lift-out restructurings of proprietary trading desks into independent investment management firms. Mr. Grossman also represents a number of fund sponsors in the formation, development and structuring of private equity, venture capital and opportunity funds as well as their capital raising activities, negotiations of side letters with major investors, and the management of their portfolio companies. His experience also includes negotiating financial, accounting and technology outsourcing transactions, complex partnership and operating agreements, joint venture transactions, as well as employment and consulting agreements and various other forms of commercial arrangements.
Mr. Grossman received a B.A. from Brooklyn College in 1998, and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 2001. He is admitted to practice in New York and is a member of the New York City Bar Association. Meir is also a contributor to Seward & Kissel’s Cryptocurrency and Blockchain blog, SKrypto.
Publications
Articles:
- Co-authored, “New Resources for Growth Equity and VC Managers,” Seward & Kissel (January 12, 2024)
- Co-authored, “2022 Seed Transactions Deal Points Study,” Seward & Kissel (June 7, 2023)
- Co-authored, “Seward & Kissel Releases Business Transactions Group 2022 Year in Review,” Seward & Kissel (February 2, 2023)
- Co-authored, “Down to the Wire: Citibank Wins Big in Revlon Appeal,” Seward & Kissel (September 13, 2022)
- Co-authored, “2021 Seed Transactions Deal Points Study,” Seward & Kissel (May 19, 2022)
- Co-authored, “2021 Highlights from the Global Bank and Institutional Finance & Restructuring Group,” Seward & Kissel (February 14, 2022)
- Co-authored, “Seward & Kissel Releases Business Transactions Group 2021 Year in Review,” Seward & Kissel (January 31, 2022)
- Co-authored, “SEC Sanctions Broker-Dealer for Alternative Trading System Disclosure Failures,” Seward & Kissel (January 26, 2022)
- Co-authored, “Polygon Announces Its Acquisition of Hermez Network,” Seward & Kissel (August 25, 2022)
- Co-authored, “Delaware Bankruptcy Court Limits Recovery of Indenture Trustee’s Attorney’s Fees in Tribune Case,” Seward & Kissel (July 1, 2021)
- Co-authored, “SEC Sues Five Men for Hawking a Cryptocurrency Lending Program That Went Bust,” Seward & Kissel (June 4, 2021)
Videos:
- “Wealth Management M&A Discussion: What is the landscape for wealth management M&A in the current environment?” Seward & Kissel (February 9, 2023)
- “Macro Headwinds in 2022: How has the GP Stakes industry been affected?” Seward & Kissel (January 26, 2023)