Seward & Kissel

New York firm founded 1890; formed the first hedge fund in 1949, acts for a third of the top 200 managers.

A New York-headquartered (downtown / Battery Park) firm founded in 1890, with around 150-170 attorneys across New York and Washington, D.C. Advised on the formation of the first hedge fund (A.W. Jones & Company, 1949) and runs one of the largest private-fund practices in the US, representing roughly a third of the top 200 hedge fund managers by AUM; also a leading maritime-finance practice.

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