Jonathan Adler

Partner
New York
Tel: +1 212 909 6032
Overview
Jonathan Adler is a member of the Investment Management Group and Co-Chair of the firm’s Private Equity Group. He is also a member of the Liability ... Read Full Biography

Publications

  • Form PF Amendments Signal Slimmer Private Fund Reporting
    5 May 2026
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Ali Nierenberg
    ,
    Sheena Paul
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Kristin A. Snyder
    ,
    Juliet Han
  • Annual Filing, Notice and Reporting Requirements for Private Fund Sponsors
    12 February 2026
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Gavin Anderson
    ,
    Jason Auerbach
    ,
    Vadim Avdeychik
    ,
    Lorna Bowen
    ,
    Shawn D'Aguiar
    ,
    Matthew Dickman
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Andrew Ford
    ,
    Sally Bergmann Hardesty
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    Satish M. Kini
    ,
    Yana M. Mereminsky
    ,
    Ali Nierenberg
    ,
    Sheena Paul
    ,
    Nicholas P. Pellicani
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    Rebecca F. Silberstein
    ,
    Justin Storms
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Shawn Xiao Yang
    ,
    Geoffrey Kittredge
    ,
    Gary E. Murphy
    ,
    Aseel M. Rabie
    ,
    Kira Kilstein
  • Annual Filing, Notice and Reporting Requirements for Private Fund Sponsors
    3 July 2025
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Gavin Anderson
    ,
    Jason Auerbach
    ,
    Lorna Bowen
    ,
    Shawn D'Aguiar
    ,
    Matthew Dickman
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Andrew Ford
    ,
    Sally Bergmann Hardesty
    ,
    Geoffrey Kittredge
    ,
    Sheena Paul
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    Rebecca F. Silberstein
    ,
    Justin Storms
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Shawn Xiao Yang
    ,
    Cate H. Bae
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Massy Vainshtein
  • Fifth Circuit Banishes SEC Private Fund Adviser Rules to a Galaxy PFAR, PFAR Away…
    6 June 2024
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Lorna Bowen
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Charu A. Chandrasekhar
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Shannon Rose Selden
    ,
    Rebecca F. Silberstein
    ,
    Kristin A. Snyder
    ,
    Justin Storms
    ,
    Lauren P. Heller
    ,
    Anna Moody
    ,
    Sheena Paul
  • Annual Filing, Notice and Reporting Requirements for Private Fund Sponsors
    16 January 2024
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Gavin Anderson
    ,
    Jason Auerbach
    ,
    Sally Bergmann Hardesty
    ,
    Lorna Bowen
    ,
    Matthew Dickman
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Andrew Ford
    ,
    Geoffrey Kittredge
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    Rebecca F. Silberstein
    ,
    Justin Storms
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Shawn Xiao Yang
    ,
    Cate H. Bae
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    Sheena Paul
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Massy Vainshtein
  • The Before and After of Private Fund Adviser Reform: A Comparison of the Final Rule to the Proposal
    23 August 2023
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Rebecca F. Silberstein
    ,
    Kristin A. Snyder
    ,
    Justin Storms
    ,
    Sheena Paul
  • Considerations for a Possible Debt Ceiling Standoff
    2 February 2023
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Erin Cleary
    ,
    Eric T. Juergens
    ,
    Matthew E. Kaplan
    ,
    Jeffrey J. Rosen
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
  • 2022 Private Equity Midyear Review and Outlook
    1 August 2022
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Katherine Ashton
    ,
    Sally Bergmann Hardesty
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    E. Drew Dutton
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Avi Gesser
    ,
    Jyotin Hamid
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Emily F. Huang
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Satish M. Kini
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Andrew M. Levine
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Marilyn A. Lion
    ,
    Peter J. Loughran
    ,
    Nicole Levin Mesard
    ,
    Brett M. Novick
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Ryan T. Rafferty
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Steven J. Slutzky
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    Tricia Bozyk Sherno
    ,
    Robert T. Dura
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Sheena Paul
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Ulysses Smith
    ,
    Jennifer R. Cestaro
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
    ,
    Michael C. Godbe
    ,
    Christopher Gossage
    ,
    Sheng Shao
    ,
    Matthew Mrozek
    ,
    Yiran Ji
  • SEC Proposes Extensive New Rules Applicable to Private Fund Advisers
    18 February 2022
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Rebecca F. Silberstein
    ,
    Justin Storms
    ,
    Sheena Paul
  • 2021/2022 Private Equity Year-End Review and Outlook
    January 2022
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Catherine Amirfar
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Katherine Ashton
    ,
    Andrew L. Bab
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    Alexander R. Cochran
    ,
    E. Drew Dutton
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Eric T. Juergens
    ,
    Maurizio Levi-Minzi
    ,
    Nicholas P. Pellicani
    ,
    Ryan T. Rafferty
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    Emily F. Huang
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Robert T. Dura
    ,
    Matthew J. Sacco
    ,
    Sheng Shao
    ,
    Sergio Torres
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Christopher Gossage
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Sheena Paul
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    Lukas Ott
    ,
    Andrew M. Levine
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Ulysses Smith
    ,
    Luke Dembosky
    ,
    Avi Gesser
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Ina Popova
    ,
    Samantha J. Rowe
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Paul D. Rubin
    ,
    Eric Dinallo
    ,
    Marilyn A. Lion
    ,
    Jacob W. Stahl
    ,
    Nicholas F. Potter
    ,
    Melissa Runsten
    ,
    Matthew Mrozek
    ,
    Michael C. Godbe
    ,
    Christel Y. Tham
    ,
    Lisa Wang Lachowicz
    ,
    Yiran Ji
  • Private Equity Report Fall 2021, Vol 21, No 3
    November 2021
    Ted Hassi
    ,
    Timothy McIver
    ,
    Michael Schaper
    ,
    Erica S. Weisgerber
    ,
    Anne-Mette Heemsoth
    ,
    Gregory V. Gooding
    ,
    Uri Herzberg
    ,
    Kevin M. Schmidt
    ,
    Katherine Durnan Taylor
    ,
    Shannon Rose Selden
    ,
    Zachary H. Saltzman
    ,
    David J. Hotelling
    ,
    Natascha Born
    ,
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Geoffrey Kittredge
    ,
    Ina Popova
    ,
    Patrick Taylor
    ,
    Benjamin Teo
  • 2021 Private Equity Midyear Review and Outlook
    22 July 2021
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Katherine Ashton
    ,
    Andrew L. Bab
    ,
    Megan K. Bannigan
    ,
    Sally Bergmann Hardesty
    ,
    David H. Bernstein
    ,
    Paul S. Bird
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Matthew Dickman
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    E. Drew Dutton
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Peter A. Furci
    ,
    Avi Gesser
    ,
    Jyotin Hamid
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Rafael Kariyev
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Maurizio Levi-Minzi
    ,
    Andrew M. Levine
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Jonathan F. Lewis
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Ryan T. Rafferty
    ,
    Paul D. Rubin
    ,
    Zachary H. Saltzman
    ,
    Kevin M. Schmidt
    ,
    Shannon Rose Selden
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Steven J. Slutzky
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Franci J. Blassberg
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    Sheena Paul
    ,
    Tricia Bozyk Sherno
    ,
    Jacob W. Stahl
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Robert T. Dura
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    David J. Hotelling
    ,
    Samuel D. Krawiecz
    ,
    Wen-Wei Lai
    ,
    Robert Maddox
    ,
    Sergio Torres
  • Annual Filing, Notice and Reporting Requirements for Private Fund Sponsors
    13 January 2021
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Gavin Anderson
    ,
    Jason Auerbach
    ,
    Sally Bergmann Hardesty
    ,
    Lorna Bowen
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Andrew Ford
    ,
    Geoffrey Kittredge
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    David J. Schwartz
    ,
    Rebecca F. Silberstein
    ,
    Justin Storms
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Cate H. Bae
    ,
    Matthew Dickman
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    Anne-Lise Quach
    ,
    Daniel Z. Sinrod
    ,
    Shawn Xiao Yang
    ,
    John Young
  • 2020/2021 Private Equity Year End Review and Outlook
    7 January 2021
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    William D. Regner
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    Jennifer R. Cestaro
    ,
    Katherine Ashton
    ,
    E. Drew Dutton
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Kevin M. Schmidt
    ,
    Maurizio Levi-Minzi
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Wen-Wei Lai
    ,
    Jyotin Hamid
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Steven J. Slutzky
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Peter A. Furci
    ,
    Rafael Kariyev
    ,
    Samuel D. Krawiecz
    ,
    Andrew L. Bab
    ,
    Paul D. Rubin
    ,
    Jacob W. Stahl
    ,
    Jyotin Hamid
    ,
    Jonathan F. Lewis
    ,
    Tricia Bozyk Sherno
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Sally Bergmann Hardesty
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Luke Dembosky
    ,
    Avi Gesser
    ,
    Jim Pastore
    ,
    Megan K. Bannigan
    ,
    David H. Bernstein
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Paul S. Bird
  • 2020 Private Equity Midyear Review and Outlook
    31 July 2020
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Megan K. Bannigan
    ,
    David H. Bernstein
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Paul S. Bird
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Jennifer R. Cestaro
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    Peter A. Furci
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Rafael Kariyev
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Andrew M. Levine
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Nicole Levin Mesard
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Edward M. Rishty
    ,
    Kevin M. Schmidt
    ,
    Shannon Rose Selden
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Steven J. Slutzky
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Samuel D. Krawiecz
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Almas Daud
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Samuel D. Krawiecz
    ,
    Wen-Wei Lai
  • Sponsor Purchases of Portfolio Company Debt: Key Considerations in an Uncertain Environment
    14 May 2020
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Lorna Bowen
    ,
    Peter A. Furci
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Peter J. Loughran
    ,
    Kevin M. Schmidt
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Steven J. Slutzky
    ,
    Nicholas P. Pellicani
    ,
    Ryan T. Rafferty
  • GPs/LPs Weigh Options in Face of Liquidity Crunch
    14 April 2020
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Gavin Anderson
    ,
    Katherine Ashton
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Lorna Bowen
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    E. Drew Dutton
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Andrew Ford
    ,
    Geoffrey Kittredge
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    David J. Schwartz
    ,
    Rebecca F. Silberstein
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Justin Storms
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
  • Fund Level Financings: Ten Considerations for Capital Call Facility Borrowers through the COVID-19 Crisis
    8 April 2020
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Gavin Anderson
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Lorna Bowen
    ,
    Alan J. Davies
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Andrew Ford
    ,
    Geoffrey Kittredge
    ,
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    David J. Schwartz
    ,
    Rebecca F. Silberstein
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Justin Storms
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Victoria G. J. Brown
    ,
    Ryan T. Rafferty
  • COVID-19 and Private Equity: The Impact of Financing Disruptions on Private Equity Portfolio Companies and Funds
    31 March 2020
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Kevin M. Schmidt
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Rebecca F. Silberstein
    ,
    Thomas Smith
  • Annual Filing, Notice and Reporting Requirements for Private Fund Sponsors
    13 February 2020
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Lorna Bowen
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Andrew Ford
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    David J. Schwartz
    ,
    Rebecca F. Silberstein
    ,
    Justin Storms
    ,
    Jason Auerbach
    ,
    Cate H. Bae
    ,
    Anne-Lise Quach
  • Fund Structuring and Investment Treaty Protections
    November 2021
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Geoffrey Kittredge
    ,
    Ina Popova
    ,
    Patrick Taylor
    ,
    Benjamin Teo

Upcoming Events

Recent Events

  • Advanced Issues in Private Funds 2026
    14 July 2026
    Practising Law Institute
    New York, New York
    Speaker: Jonathan Adler
    Speaking Engagements
  • Transformative Transactions
    10-12 March 2025
    IBA Asset Management and Investment Funds Committee
    22nd Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds
    London, UK
    Speaker: Jonathan Adler
    Speaking Engagements
  • Raising Insurance Capital: Collateralized Fund Obligations and Rated Feeder Structures
    4 October 2023
    Practising Law Institute
    Fund Finance 2023
    New York, New York
    Speaker: Jonathan Adler
    Speaking Engagements
  • Calculation and Presentation of Historical Investment Performance
    10-12 March 2019
    International Bar Association
    20th Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds
    London, England
    Speaker: Jonathan Adler
    Speaking Engagements
  • Keynote Address
    24 October 2018
    American Investment Council
    AIC Chief Financial Officers Day
    New York, New York
    Speaker: Jonathan Adler
    Speaking Engagements
  • Changing Landscape of EM PE Fund Formation
    26 September 2018
    Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
    EMPEA Terms and Conditions Webcast
    Webinar
    Speaking Engagements
  • Fund Formation
    13 September 2017
    Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
    EMPEA T&Cs Webcast
    Webcast
    Speaking Engagements
  • Legal Strategies: Balancing GP Interests and Maintaining Competitive and Marketable Positioning to LPs
    18 May 2017
    Emerging Market Private Equity Association
    EMPEA Fundraising Masterclass
    Washington, D.C.
    Speaking Engagements
  • Changing Landscape of Emerging Markets Private Equity Fund Formation
    13 September 2016
    EMPEA
    EMPEA Terms and Conditions Webcast
    Webinar
    Speaking Engagements
  • The New Regulatory Framework and The Pacific Alliance: Regional Integration
    1 September 2016
    Peruvian-American Association
    3rd Annual Private Equity Andean Forum
    Bogota, Columbia
    Speaker: Jonathan Adler
    Speaking Engagements
  • Regulatory Environment for Private Equity
    26 July 2016
    American Investment Counsel
    Webinar
    Speaking Engagements
  • Private Equity in India – What’s New and What to Expect in 2015
    7 May 2015
    Debevoise Events
  • Workshop 1: Current Terms: Private Equity Fund
    9 March 2015
    BVCA
    IBA 16th Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds
    Intercontinental Hotel, Park Lane, London, UK
    Speaker: Jonathan Adler
    Speaking Engagements