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Mr Christopher Harvey
Work Department
Financial Services and Investment Management
Position
Partner
Career
Christopher P. Harvey, global co-chair of Dechert’s financial services group and a member of the firm’s Policy Committee, has more than 35 years of securities and financial services legal experience. He represents open and closed-end investment companies, other U.S. and international pooled investment vehicles, and investment advisers in a variety of transactional and regulatory matters, including reorganization transactions, registration and proxy statements, and requests for SEC exemptive and no-action relief.
Mr. Harvey also has significant experience in matters relating to trade allocation policies, soft dollar practices, cross-trading, personal and proprietary firm trading issues, Form ADV disclosure, wrap program issues, proxy voting policies and issues, custody of client funds, closed-end fund activist matters, affiliated brokerage and underwriting, and advisory agreement negotiation points such as indemnification and most favored client provisions.
Mr. Harvey advises mutual funds and their boards on the legal issues relating to advisory and Rule 12b-1 fees and distribution arrangements. He also advises on fund governance, conflicts and general fiduciary duty issues, and director and officer liability insurance issues.
In addition, Mr. Harvey advises public and private operating companies on “inadvertent investment company” status concerns, including structuring joint ventures and “incubators.” His work includes cross border offerings of investment products and services and related international regulatory matters. He also has experience in other corporate and securities matters, including private offerings and investment adviser mergers and acquisitions.
Memberships
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Boston Bar Association
Education
- Boston College, B.A., 1983, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
- Boston College Law School, J.D., 1986, magna cum laude, Topics Editor, Boston College Law Review
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
(Leading lawyers)Dechert LLP has a longstanding record in the mutual funds space, with funds, fund advisors and boards of directors, broker dealers, insurance companies and banks turning to the financial services team for comprehensive service. The team advises open- and closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds, interval funds and on insurance products, covering a plethora of issues, including but not limited to regulatory and compliance matters, related litigation, regulatory investigation and the formation and management of these funds. Experienced partner Christopher Harvey leads the team out of the Boston office, and is supported by John O’Hanlon, who covers corporate, regulatory, compliance and enforcement matters for funds clients, and Stephanie Capistron, who among other capabilities advises mutual fund sponsors on launching ETFs in the same location. In New York Allison Fumai has extensive experience with exchange traded funds, but frequently works with mutual funds and closed-end funds as well, while in San Francisco Mark Perlow advises fund sponsors and investors on the related ESG regulation. Douglas Dick and Megan Johnson are based in Washington DC, with the latter advising mutual funds and EFTs on staying compliant with the Investment Company Act of 1940. The team underwent some changes in 2023 with Michael McGrath joining the firm from K&L Gates in March, and Kaitlin McGrath receiving being promoted to partner in January of the same year, both located in Boston and part of the financial Services and investment management team.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds United States > Investment fund formation and management
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
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds