Thacher Proffitt adds new partner

Published February 16, 2005 12:00 AM EST 1 Min Read

Steven Howardrecently joined the law firm Thacher Proffitt & Woodas a partner in theCorporate and Financial Institutions Practice Group. Howard most recently worked in the Investment Funds Practice Group at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, where he worked on organization of investment funds, registration of public funds under the Investment Company Act, fund mergers and acquisitions, bank fund conversions and fund rights offerings. Additionally, TP&W has hired Thomas Majewskias counsel in the Corporate and Financial Institutions Practice Group.

We now have a premier ’40 Act and investment fund practice that will enhance our corporate, banking and financial institutions, structured finance, CDO and derivatives practices,” said Paul Tvetenstrand, managing partner of TP&W.

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