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Stephen E. Roth

Partner

Steve leads the Eversheds Sutherland (US) Financial Services group. 

He ensures that financial services clients are operating within the complex and ever-changing regulatory guidelines that shape today’s market. Steve advises life insurance companies and other financial services organizations on the development, marketing and ongoing compliance related to new insurance and annuity products, including registration of variable and fixed life and annuity contracts with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

With more than 35 years of experience, Steve has not only seen significant changes in the financial services market, but he also has played a key role in shaping the regulatory landscape to accommodate those changes. He participates in the development and regulation of pooled investment vehicles, including mutual funds, other regulated investment companies and private funds, including serving as counsel to funds and fund trustees. Investment advisers and broker-dealers also seek his counsel on regulatory and compliance issues.

  • Represented EG Group in the $330 million acquisition of the Minit Mart convenience store portfolio of TravelCenters of America LLC.
  • 39th Annual ALI-CLE Conference on Life Insurance Company Products, November 4-5, 2021
  • Chapter 4: Federal and State Securities Regulation of Annuity Products, July 2021, Annuities Answer Book 5th Edition – published by Wolters Kluwer
  • Securities Regulation of Variable Insurance Products, January 5-6, 2009, Practising Law Institute Seminar: Understanding the Securities Products of Insurance Companies 2009
  • Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of financial services: regulation (2015-2022), insurance: non-contentious (2015-2021), capital markets: equity offerings (2017-2018); mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds (2022-2023) and financial services regulation: broker-dealers (2023)
  • Recognized as a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2022-2023), an independent, client-driven recognition
  • Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of mutual funds law (2005-2024)
  • Recognized by Chambers Global: World’s Leading Lawyers in the area of investment funds (2020-2024)
  • Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the areas of insurance regulation and investment funds (2008-2023)
  • Recognized as a stand-out lawyer by Acritas Stars: Independently Rated Lawyers (2018-2020)
  • Co-chair, ALI-CLE Conference on Life Insurance Company Products (1999-Present)
  • Member, ABA Subcommittee on Securities Activities of Insurance Companies
  • District of Columbia
Honorable Jesse E. Eschbach, U.S. District Court - Northern District of Indiana.
  • A.B., summa cum laude, University of Notre Dame,

    Phi Beta Kappa

  • J.D., Yale Law School,

    Editor, Yale Law Journal

Stephen Roth

Partner

Stephen Roth

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