Nick Zuiker

Nick Zuiker is a shareholder with Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. (Reinhart Law) on the Institutional Investor Services (RIIS) Team.  Nick’s practice encompasses counsel on all aspects of the legal and economic issues related to institutional investors, including fiduciary responsibilities, plan governance, litigation, and tax legal services, including development of investment beliefs and investment policy statements and establishment of policies and programs concerning corporate engagement and exercise of shareholder rights intended to reduce investor risk and increase long-term returns.  Nick also represents institutional investors in negotiating favorable terms of investments in private equity funds and other alternative investment vehicles.

Nick has an extensive background and knowledge in fiduciary matters, including sustainable, long-term investments and environment/social governance (ESG) issues.  He is active in various institutional investor organizations, currently serving on the Markets Advisory Council for the Council of Institutional Investors (CII), where he leverages his expertise to advocate for the legal needs of global institutional investors, and as Secretariat for the Global Institutional Governance Network, a forum of approximately 22 global institutional investors that meets periodically to discuss investor concerns and ESG issues. He is also an active member of the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA).

Nick earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin Law School (Order of the Coif) and his B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Minnesota.  He is a licensed member of the Wisconsin bar.