Structuring your venture capital fund to qualify for the advisers registration exemption *

USA - May 4 2012
Before the Dodd-Frank Act, fund managers generally did not register as investment advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) because they relied on the private adviser exemption.

Co-authors: Sarah E. Kaehler.

SEC adopts final “Say on Pay” rules under Dodd-Frank *

USA - January 26 2011
Concluding another chapter in the long-simmering debate over whether and how shareholders should vote on executive pay, the SEC yesterday adopted, in a three to two vote, final "Say on Pay" rules under the Dodd-Frank Act.

Co-authors: Richard H. Gilden, Abbe L. Dienstag, Thomas E. Molner, Peter G. Smith, Kenneth P. Kopelman.

U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve release further details of TALF *

USA - March 13 2009
The Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) and the U.S. Treasury Department (the “Treasury”) have announced further details of the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (“TALF”).

Co-authors: Kevin Zadourian.