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John S. Marten

+1 (312) 609 7753 jmarten@vedderprice.com View profile

Work Department

Investment Services

Position

Shareholder

Career

Mr. Marten has extensive experience representing clients in the investment management industry, including experience with mutual fund, closed-end fund and exchange-traded fund regulation, compliance, product design and registration, representation of fund independent directors, investment adviser matters, derivative instruments and other investment management regulatory issues.

Mr. Marten has represented clients on a broad range of matters, including:

• Advising fund independent directors on fiduciary duties and conflicts of interest and other governance matters and counseling fund clients on all aspects of board administration and meeting preparation
• Advising investment companies and investment advisers on all aspects of ongoing compliance matters, including drafting and reviewing compliance policies and procedures and assisting clients in annual compliance reviews
• Handling all aspects of the formation of funds, including corporate formation, SEC registration and initial securities issuance
• Representing mutual fund clients in structuring complex alternative fund products, including negotiating derivative contracts
• Leading a series of fund reorganizations to streamline legal entities within a client’s mutual fund complex
• Assisting a client in obtaining exemptive relief from the SEC to operate under an affiliated manager of managers structure
• Counseling clients in connection with preparing for, and responding to, SEC examination requests

Mr. Marten is also co-editor of the Investment Services Regulatory Update, a monthly publication that keeps clients updated on relevant regulatory developments.

Memberships

• Member, American Bar Association

Education

• Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D., 2004
• Loyola University Chicago, B.A., 2001, summa cum laude