Professional Biography

Carl Frischling Partner

  • New York

    D +1.212.262.6917

    F +1.212.977.1649

    New York

    1155 Avenue of the Americas, 22nd Floor

    New York, NY 10036-2711

    +1.212.262.6917

    CFrischling@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

One of the most highly regarded investment management lawyers, Carl Frischling represents and advises leaders in the financial services industry on laws and regulations pertaining to financial services, investment companies and mutual funds. He advises independent trustees and directors, investment advisers and investment companies. Areas of his counsel include investment fund formation, the development, structuring and management of mutual funds and federal regulatory obligations for independent investment directors and trustees.

Carl’s pioneering leadership in investment and financial services law has earned him numerous accolades, including status as a Senior Statesman from Chambers USA and as a leading lawyer by the Legal 500. Carl is the recipient of Fund Directions’ “Independent Counsel of the Year Award” and “Lifetime Achievement Award,” and he was named one of the “Visionaries of the Modern Mutual Fund Industry” by Strategic Insight. He has served on boards of directors of numerous financial and investment companies, such as Invesco Funds and Reich & Tang Funds.

Carl is a director emeritus of the Mutual Fund Directors Forum, an organization he served as one of its original directors. Carl currently sits on the advisory board of BoardIQ and on the editorial board of Money Management Executive.

Ranked by Chambers Global Five Years in a Row

Registered Funds

Ranked by Chambers USA 14 Years in a Row

Registered Funds (Nationwide)

Professional Recognition

  • Listed in Chambers USA, 2010 – 2022
  • Ranked by Chambers USA, as a "Senior Statespeople," 2021 – 2023
  • Listed in Chambers Global Guide, 2020 – 2024
  • Recognized in Best Lawyers in America: Corporate Law; Mutual Funds Law, 2009 – 2024
  • Listed in Legal 500 US, 2006, 2009 – 2015
  • Recognized in Super Lawyers Magazine; as New York Super Lawyers, 2006 – 2023
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Fund Directions, 2013
  • Visionaries of the Modern Mutual Fund Industry, Strategic Insight, 2011
  • Independent Fund Counsel of the Year, Fund Directions, 2007

Professional Leadership

  • American Bar Association, Member
  • Mutual Fund Directors Forum, Director Emeritus
  • New York County Lawyers Association, Member

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • New York

Education

  • Columbia Law School, J.D.
  • Columbia University, M.B.A.
  • Columbia University, B.A.