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Dickstein Shapiro’s Corporate & Finance Group advises investment companies and investment advisers with respect to a wide variety of registration, exemption, compliance, and other matters under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and related laws. The firm’s practice includes organization of open- and closed-end funds, preparation of registration statements and other disclosure documents, and ongoing taxation and compliance matters, as well as structuring hedge funds and other privately offered investment companies. The firm has a proven track record in counseling independent trustees of funds with respect to corporate governance matters and such trustees’ unique responsibilities under applicable laws.

Representative engagements include:

• Representation of the Federated Funds, a $195 billion fund complex, and their independent trustees;
• Representation of the independent trustees of MTB Group of Funds, a $10 billion fund complex;
• Representation of the independent trustees of Hibernia Funds, a $1 billion fund complex;
• Representation of an international sponsor of private equity funds focused on the telecommunications industry, including Gramercy Communications Partners (formed with over $1 billion in capital commitments) and Crest Communications Partners (with over $100 million in capital commitments);
• Representation of The Rushmore Funds, a $1 billion fund complex, in connection with the acquisition of the funds’ investment adviser;
• Representation of a privately offered investment company sponsored by a U.S. affiliate of Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale; and
• Representation of Special Situations Fund, L.P., a $350 million hedge fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and its offshore affiliate, Special Situations Cayman Fund, L.P.