Teresa is a partner at Aegis whose practice focuses on private funds, investment management, corporate transactions, and outside general counsel representations. She advises private investment firms, family offices, institutional investors, and privately held and sponsor-backed businesses on fund formation, domestic and cross-border transactions, investment adviser regulatory matters, corporate governance, and a broad range of legal and business issues.

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Teresa brings more than two decades of experience advising private investment firms and businesses as both outside counsel and a senior in-house executive. Her experience as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Operating Officer informs her practical, business-oriented approach to legal advice. She also serves as outside or fractional general counsel and chief compliance officer, working with management teams, boards, and existing outside counsel to manage legal and regulatory matters, coordinate specialized expertise, and deliver cost-effective solutions.

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Before joining Aegis, Teresa spent more than two decades in senior legal, compliance, and operational roles at private equity firms. Most recently, she served as the Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer of a private equity firm with investments across the United States, Latin America, and Europe. She began her legal career at Paul Weiss in New York City, practicing in its investment funds and mergers and acquisitions groups, and subsequently practiced corporate and securities law at Pillsbury in Washington, D.C.

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Teresa received her B.A., magna cum laude, in Comparative Literature from Cornell University, and her J.D., magna cum laude, from American University Washington College of Law. At Cornell, she was a reporter, photographer and layout editor for the Cornell Daily Sun. During law school, she served on the American University Law Review and was a writer for the Human Rights Brief. Teresa is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and the State of New York.

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Teresa serves on the boards of directors of private companies and nonprofit organizations and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences on private equity, investment management, and related legal and regulatory matters.

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