Leveraging strong mutual funds expertise and a client base of many prominent mutual fund managers in the US, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP also acts for some of the most prominent investment companies in the US and large global asset managers. The group’s deep and growing bench includes many former members of Investment Management Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission, offering clients access to deep knowledge of regulation such as investment adviser regulation. These include Alan Goldberg in Chicago, a former SEC enforcement lawyer and is strong in this area in the context of the formation of a variety of registered investment companies. Matthew DiClemente in Philadelphia, Sara Crovitz in Washington DC and David Grim in Washington DC. DiClemente is able to advise a diverse client base spanning the legal and regulatory aspects of the launch of open-ended and closed-ended funds. Philadelphia-based Bruce Leto is especially reputed as counsel to independent directors, while closed-end funds expert Eric Purple in Washington DC has been instrumental in drawing significant new clients to the group, including GPs to private wealth investors.
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Key clients
- Privacore Capital
- Investment Company Institute
- Franklin Templeton
- Invesco
- Dimensional Funds
- Northern Funds/Northern Institutional Funds and FlexShares ETFs
- Grayscale Investments
- Macquarie
- GuideStone Capital Management
- Blue Tractor Group
Work highlights
- Advised Franklin Templeton on the launch of spot bitcoin and spot ether ETFs.
- Advised the Investment Company Institute (ICI), the most influential trade group that speaks for the investment management industry on efforts to modernize the Investment Company Act of 1940.
- Represented BlackRock independent directors in a proxy battle with an activist hedge fund manager who accused BlackRock of governance failures related to closed-end funds.
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Matthew DiClemente
Practice head
Matthew DiClemente; Sara Crovitz; David Grim
Other key lawyers
Bruco Leto; Alison Fuller; Joel Corriero; Michael Mundt; Alan Goldberg