Haynes and Boone, LLP
  January 27, 2011 - United States of America

Exemptions From Investment Adviser Registration: The SEC’s Proposed New Rules
  by Taylor H. Wilson, Evan Hall, Katherine Addleman, Richard M. Fijolek, Vicki L. Martin-Odette, Christina Markell-Balleza, Rick A. Werner, David Siegal, Michael J. Halloran

Effective as of July 21, 2011, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) repeals a key exemption from investment adviser registration currently relied upon by many private fund managers and replaces it with several much more limited exemptions from registration.

On November 19, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed new rules, summarized below, that would implement and provide guidance regarding certain exemptions applicable to:

To read the full alert, click on "Link to article" below. For additional information regarding the proposed rules or any of the regulatory developments under the laws described above, please contact one of the attorneys listed below:

Taylor H. Wilson
214.651.5615
[email protected]

 

Evan K. Hall
214.651.5831
[email protected]

 

Katherine Addleman
214.651.5783
[email protected]

 

Richard M. Fijolek
214.651.5570
[email protected]

Vicki L. Martin-Odette
214.651.5674
[email protected]

Christina Markell-Balleza
214.651.5486
[email protected]

 

Rick A. Werner
212.659.4974
[email protected]

Michael J. Halloran
202.654.4567
[email protected]

David Siegal
212.659.4995
[email protected]




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