NEW YORK
Peter Rothberg
Partner
Partner
(212) 209-3036
Peter handles a wide variety of corporate matters, including private equity, venture capital, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, joint venture and technology commercialization transactions.
Peter has represented many venture funds, buy-out funds, mezzanine funds and other similar vehicles, in their fund formation and investment activities, as well as their portfolio companies, in these matters, including National Securities Corporation, Enhanced Capital, Adirondack Ventures, Advantage Capital, Stonehenge Capital, HighPeaks Ventures (now Primary Ventures), Edison Ventures, Rho Ventures, Osage Partners, SJF Ventures, Tribeca Venture Partners, Armory Square, Female Founders Fund, Point Judith Ventures, FTV Ventures, First Round Capital, Borealis Ventures, Village Ventures, Milestone Venture Partners, Krillion, Greycroft, Cardinal, Vocap Ventures, Cobble Hill Partners, Acro Capital Partners, Inter-Atlantic Fund, Chartline and DOT Capital.
During his legal career, Peter has also worked at the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, both in Washington, D.C., and at several of the largest law firms in the United States. He joined the firm in 2011.
Peter is a frequent speaker and panelist on issues related to the venture capital markets and is a frequent guest lecturer on venture capital finance and business organization issues at New York University Stern School of Business and Columbia University Business School, and has been requested to do so starting in the Fall of 2026 at Stevens Institute of Technology and at Hofstra University.
Peter's passion is to be a respected counselor for his clients, and generally to share the knowledge that he has gained over the course of his career. To that end, Peter runs a Legal Help Desk for the NYU Business School Entrepreneurship Program (since 2008) where he is the Lawyer in Residence, as well as for the Kollman Southern Tier Incubator associated with the University at Binghamton, NY and Cornell Technion on Roosevelt Island in New York City.
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1977), where he was an Editor of Law and Policy in International Business, the International Law Journal of the Georgetown University Law Center.
- Bowdoin College (A.B., 1974), summa cum laude, where he was a James Bowdoin Scholar.
Professional
- Appointed to the Advisory Board of the Columbia Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship Group
- Appointed to the NYSBA House of Delegates 2022-2023
- Named Chairman of the New York State Bar Association Business Law Section’s Technology and Venture Law Committee (term commenced June 2015)
- Lawyer in Residence for the New York University Stern School of Business, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Named its Mentor of the Year in 2008.
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the New Rochelle Public Library, including two years as its President.
- Member of the Charter Revision Commission of the City of New Rochelle.
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Soundview Preparatory School.
- Member of the Board of Directors of The Pelham Jewish Center, a Conservative Movement synagogue, Pelham, NY.
Publications
- New York Law Journal “New Venture Capital Funding Pool of $10 Billion Created Under Rescue Act”
- NYBPC Webinar Forming Entities with Co-Founders – Early Legal Issues For Startups
- “A ‘David, Goliath’ Alliance? Ponder Exits, Money Stability” – NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL March 25, 2008
Admissions
- New York
- District of Columbia