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Vedder Price Offices
1401 New York Avenue NW Suite 500
Washington, District of Columbia 20005
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Kimberly Karcewski Vargo
Work Department
Investment Services
Position
Shareholder
Career
Ms. Vargo has over twenty years of experience advising investment companies, independent directors of registered investment companies, and investment advisers on regulatory, compliance and governance matters, as well as on complex transactions.
Ms. Vargo counsels mutual funds, independent directors and investment advisers with respect to structuring and registering mutual fund products, including alternative strategy funds and funds that utilize a manager of managers structure. Her experience also includes the handling of complex acquisition and reorganization transactions for investment companies and consolidations following mergers of advisers.
Ms. Vargo has extensive experience interfacing with the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on various registration and other regulatory matters and regularly participates in board and committee meetings, providing advice on board governance, and fund compliance and regulatory matters.
Education
- Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, J.D., 1996, summa cum laude
- Moravian College, B.A., 1993, magna cum laude
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: finance
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Shipping: finance
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense