Rowan, Grant K.

Sarah Rothermel is a partner in the firm's Fund Formation Practice Group and partner-in-charge of the Boston office. She joined the firm in 1981.

Practice

Ms. Rothermel principally represents venture capital funds and other private investment vehicles. She also represents LLCs, partnerships, joint ventures and closely-held non-corporate business enterprises. Among Ms. Rothermel's clients are America's premier venture capitalists, as well as numerous first time funds, family investment vehicles and other investment entities. Ms. Rothermel advises these clients on all aspects of their organization, management, operation and regulatory compliance, including issues arising under US and international tax laws, ERISA, the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act.

Ms. Rothermel's clients include Greylock, Highland Capital Partners, Matrix Partners, Flagship Ventures, Village Ventures and Xander Group.

Professional Activities

Ms. Rothermel frequently addresses attorneys and business professionals on business and legal aspects of LLC, partnership and joint venture organization and operation. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association, and an advisory board member of the Private Equity CFO Organization.

Honors and Awards

• Recognized in Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Private Equity Lawyers 2008
• Listed in the 2008 and 2011 editions of Who's Who Legal:The International Who's Who of Private Funds Lawyers
• Recognized as a national leader in investment funds: venture capital, investment funds:private equity: fund formation and a Massachusetts leader in private equity: fund formation in the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Listed in the publication since 2003 and noted in 2004 for her "impeccable technical expertise" in the negotiation of new funds
• Recognized for her exceptional private equity practice in the 2007 and 2008 editions of Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers
• Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of private funds law (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012)
• Recognized each year by Boston Magazine as a "New England Super Lawyer" (formerly "Massachusetts Super Lawyer") in corporate finance
• A recommended lawyer in the 2003 edition of Global Counsel 3000

Publications

• Rothermel, Sarah, and David E. Redlick. "The Limited Partnership Alternative."MCLE Massachusetts Business Lawyering.
• Rothermel, Sarah, and Robert Burke. "Forming a Limited Liability Company and Drafting the Operating Agreement."A Practical Guide to Massachusetts Limited Liability Companies.
• Participant on the Boston Bar Association Task Force to draft Massachusetts' limited liability company legislation