A managing partner who proposes a transaction to his co-partners on behalf of a third-party company does not, by that fact alone, act in a fiduciary capacity in relation to the transaction. To plead breach of fiduciary duty, it is necessary to plead material facts showing the fiduciary acted in a fiduciary capacity in the relevant transaction, not merely to assert fiduciary status and incant equitable principles.
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