Todd W. Betke

Todd W. Betke, Of Counsel, Pepper Hamilton LLP (workshop)

Todd W. Betke Joins Pepper Hamilton's Washington Office as Of Counsel

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Washington, D.C. - November 30, 2006 - Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that Todd W. Betke has joined the firm's corporate and securities practice as of counsel resident in the Washington office.

"Todd is a welcome addition to our corporate and securities practice group," said David A. Wormser, the partner in charge of Pepper's Washington office.
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Mr. Betke focuses his practice on the commercial, legal and regulatory issues associated with private equity and hedge fund formation, and related acquisitions and dispositions of portfolio companies and assets.He has served as lead counsel to fund managers in connection with the structuring and organization of numerous investment funds ranging in size from $25 million to $750 million in capital commitments.

Mr. Betke also has a strong background in general corporate matters and has advised clients in connection with a wide range of transactions and corporate governance matters in the United States and, in cooperation with local counsel, foreign markets, including Russia, India, China, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.He has also worked extensively with clients and local counsel in connection with the structuring and establishment of investment funds and other investment vehicles in Guernsey, Jersey, Cyprus, Mauritius, the Netherlands and the Cayman Islands.

Mr. Betke has served as general counsel to six privately managed, U.S. government-sponsored Enterprise Funds managing over $1 billion in public and private capital for investment in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

"Pepper's corporate and securities practice offers me the opportunity to expand and strengthen my relationships with fund formation clients and to continue to grow my practice in other areas," said Mr. Betke."I look forward to exploring the many opportunities I will have as part of Pepper."

Mr. Betke joins Pepper from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP in Washington, D.C., where he had practiced since 1994.He received his law degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago's Kent College of Law in 1994, and his undergraduate degree from Colgate University in 1989.

Todd W. Betke

Todd W. Betke

Todd W. Betke is of counsel in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group of Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident in the Washington, D. C. office.

Mr. Betke focuses his practice on the commercial, legal and regulatory issues associated with private equity and hedge fund formation, and related acquisitions and dispositions of portfolio companies and assets.He has served as lead counsel to fund managers in connection with the structuring and organization of numerous investment funds ranging in size from $25 million to $750 million in capital commitments.

Mr. Betke also has a strong background in general corporate matters and has advised clients in connection with a wide range of transactions and corporate governance matters in the United States and, in cooperation with local counsel, foreign markets, including Russia, India, China, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.He has also worked extensively with clients and local counsel in connection with the structuring and establishment of investment funds and other investment vehicles in Guernsey, Jersey, Cyprus, Mauritius, the Netherlands and the Cayman Islands.

Mr. Betke has served as general counsel to six privately managed, U.S. government-sponsored Enterprise Funds managing over $1 billion in public and private capital for investment in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Mr. Betke joined Pepper from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP in Washington, D.C., where he had practiced since 1994.
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Todd W. Betke

The addition of Todd W. Betke to the corporate and securities group in Pepper Hamilton's Washington, DC, office has significantly expanded the firm's practice.Betke's strengths lie in handling private equity and hedge fund formation matters, as well as associated acquisitions and dispositions of portfolio companies.He has also worked on general corporate matters for a number of international clients.Prior to joining Pepper Hamilton, Betke worked in the Washington office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges.