Ms. Schnaidt is an accomplished attorney who has a strong background in providing clients with strategic support and commercial counsel during periods of corporate growth and transition. During her career, Ms. Schnaidt has served as a trusted advisor to asset management and financial services businesses in diverse stages of business transformation, most recently at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP from 2021-2023, where she advised clients on fund formation, operations, and regulatory issues, as well as upper tier, management, and dispute resolution issues.

Prior to working at Paul, Weiss, Ms. Schnaidt spent many years serving as senior in-house counsel to multi-billion dollar private fund managers, most recently as General Counsel at Blue Torch Capital, a fund manager with over $7 billion in assets. Ms. Schnaidt has served prior stints as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at other New York private funds including Marble Arch Investments and Monticello Asset Management. In addition to her corporate and transactional experience, Ms. Schnaidt has extensive experience navigating complex regulatory environments, building compliance programs, and interfacing with regulators.

Ms. Schnaidt started her legal career as an attorney in the corporate group at law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York. Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Schnaidt’s earlier career includes roles at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and at hedge funds TPG-Axon and Ospraie Management. 

Ms. Schnaidt received a J.D., magna cum laude, from New York Law School and a B.A. from Columbia University.