Rimon Law Welcomes Private Fund Attorney Geoffrey Perusse as Partner in its San Francisco Office

San Francisco- Expanding its Private Fund and Securities Advisor team, Rimon Law welcomes Geoffrey Perusse as a Partner on their Financial Services team in the firm’s San Francisco and Lake Tahoe offices.

Mr. Perusse’s practice focuses on private fund formation, investment activities, securities regulation and compliance matters. He regularly represents sponsors and managers of private funds across various asset classes, including real estate, private equity, debt, venture capital and hedge funds, with respect to the structuring, formation and operation of the funds, regulatory and compliance matters and investing activities.

Mr. Perusse joins Rimon from VLP Law Group, where he was a Partner.

At Rimon, Mr. Perusse brings his financial services expertise to a team of 28 Partners, including John Hanley, Ella Cohen, and Suzanne L’Hernault who also joined Rimon this year. The Financial Services Team brings substantial and diverse expertise to the firm’s clients. They skillfully handle many large and complex matters that were historically only handled by the largest law firms in the country.

“We are delighted to have Geoff on our team. His deep private fund experience will help us better serve our financial services clients ranging from new funds to the largest funds in the world,”  said Michael Moradzadeh, Rimon’s CEO.

“I am very excited about joining Rimon’s Financial Services Group. Rimon has a highly skilled and experienced group of lawyers and provides a great platform for my practice. The firm’s innovative organizational structure is unmatched in the industry; it will enable myself and our team of lawyers to support my clients across the country, while at the same time maintaining excellent value,” said Mr. Perusse.

Mr. Perusse earned a J.D. from Washington & Lee University and a B.A. from Colgate University in International Relations.

Rimon has 20 offices across three continents. The firm is widely known as being at the vanguard of legal innovation. The firm has been repeatedly recognized by the Financial Times as one of North America’s most innovative law firms. The firm’s Managing Partners were both named ‘Legal Rebels’ by the American Bar Association’s ABA Journal and have spoken on innovations in the practice of law at Harvard and Stanford Law Schools. Rimon and its lawyers have also received numerous awards for excellence, including from Best Lawyers and Chambers.