Brian Meyer

Partner, CCO, General Counsel at Fir Tree Partners

Speaker

Brian Meyer is a seasoned investment management executive with over 30 years of expertise across legal, compliance, and operational domains in hedge funds and private equity. Brian serves as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Fir Tree Partners, a multi-fund investment manager that peaked at $13 billion in AUM, where he helped shape strategic initiatives, managed high-stakes transactions, and led firm-wide compliance, governance and regulatory efforts. Beyond legal and compliance functions, he has overseen Fir Tree Partner’s HR, risk management, real estate and crisis response.

Known for their innovative approach to legal operations, Brian designed and implemented Fir Tree’s technology-driven legal operations program that achieved notable efficiency gains, earning Fir Tree’s Legal Department the Association of Corporate Counsel’s “2020 Value Champion” award. Brian is also a frequent speaker and moderator at industry conferences and has published thought leadership on legal operations and fund compliance, and technology.

Prior to working at Fir Tree Partners, Brian served as a managing director at Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS), a media focused private equity firm, the general counsel of The Official Information Company, a high-growth private equity portfolio holding company comprised of five separate businesses, and senior corporate counsel at Revlon, Inc., where he handled U.S. and international M&A and financings. He began his career at Latham & Watkins and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, where he focused on M&A, bank financings, and private equity.

He holds a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was Executive Editor of the California Law Review, and an A.B. in History, magna cum laude, from the University of California, Berkeley. Brian also serves as a board member of Wellness in the Schools, a national nonprofit organization focused on improving nutrition and wellness for children in underserved public schools.