Rory Cohen

General Counsel & Co-Head, Asset Management at Varadero Capital, L.P.

Speaker

Mr. Cohen is General Counsel and Co-Head - Asset Management at Varadero Capital, L.P. In these roles, Mr. Cohen provides strategic and regulatory advice, advice regarding governance, transaction and fund structuring and employment matters, drives workouts and related litigation, and leads efforts to enhance diligence and surveillance of specialty finance platforms. From 2011 to 2015, Mr. Cohen was a private fund / regulatory Partner at Mayer Brown LLP. From 2008 through 2011, Mr. Cohen was a Partner at Venable LLP, focusing on private fund formation, seed capital and ‘40 Act regulation. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Cohen was a Managing Director / Principal at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. where he oversaw 20+ investment platforms and was one of two attorneys who supervised asset management legal throughout The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. Mr. Cohen has a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan Ross (formerly Kresge) School of Business, a J.D. from Boston University School of Law and is presently Co-Chair of the Compliance Committee of the NYC Bar Association.