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Mr David Bartels
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Work Department
Financial Services and Investment Management
Position
Partner
Career
David P. Bartels is a partner in Dechert’s financial services group. The former deputy chief counsel of the Division of Investment Management at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Bartels has extensive experience with the regulatory issues faced by asset managers and both registered and unregistered funds, including business development companies and exchange-traded funds. As deputy chief counsel, he also managed guidance IM provided to the Divisions of Enforcement and Examinations and provided technical assistance on proposed legislation.
During his time at the SEC, Mr. Bartels also served in a number of other capacities since joining in 2010, most recently as senior policy adviser to the director. He began in the Investment Adviser Regulation Office of IM, where he worked on rulemaking, and was subsequently branch chief in the Exemptive Applications and Chief Counsel’s Offices from 2011-2016, focusing on exchange-traded funds, business development companies, funds of funds and affiliated transactions. Mr. Bartels also served as a Commissioner’s counsel, advising on a wide range of matters under the federal securities laws.
Prior to joining the SEC, Mr. Bartels was an associate in the corporate practice of another international law firm.
Education
- State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A., 2002
- Yale Law School, J.D., 2005
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)