Eugenie L. Warner

Senior Attorney

  • JD, University of Connecticut School of Law, 2001; Connecticut Law Review
  • BA (Diplomacy and World Affairs), Occidental College, 1993

Qualifications

  • New York, 2008
  • California, 2001
  • Florida, 2009
  • National Society of Compliance Professionals
  • Former Trustee, Salisbury Association
  • Former Board Member, Salisbury Land Trust

Eugenie L. Warner

Senior Attorney

Eugenie Warner is a senior attorney in Ropes & Gray’s asset management group, primarily focusing within the private funds regulatory practice. Eugenie’s background includes as a legal and compliance professional for a global reg-tech and consulting firm, a chief compliance officer at a venture capital and private equity adviser, and a litigator at another international law firm. She has worked with numerous investment advisers to help them fulfill their regulatory and compliance requirements and to help them develop compliance programs within industry best practices. Her experience in the asset management industry includes, for example, performing risk assessments, mock SEC exams, targeted gap analyses, and annual reviews; registering and reporting for advisers under the federal securities laws; managing and supporting advisers through SEC examinations, deficiency remediations, and communications with regulators; and creating, testing, and training on compliance programs. Eugenie has worked with advisers of various sizes and locations, including foreign advisers, exempt reporting advisers, newly registered advisers, and more established advisers with significant assets under management. 

Publications

  • Eugenie Warner, “Private Fund Risk Alert Part II,” CSS Regtech (February 9, 2022)
  • Eugenie Warner, “Custody Rule Vigilance,” CSS Regtech (December 29, 2021)
  • Eugenie Warner, “SEC Chair Gensler Puts Private Fund Advisers in the Spotlight,” CSS Regtech (November 12, 2021)
  • Featured, “Three Tips for Emerging Investment Advisory and Wealth Management Firms,” Lawyer Monthly Magazine (September 2021)
  • Eugenie Warner, “The Dark Web Was Used to Sell Insider Trading ‘Tips;” From Where is Your Data Coming?” CSS RegTech (July 20, 2021)
  • Eugenie Warner, “A Bright Side to Regulatory Compliance,” CSS Regtech (August 2020)
  • Eugenie Warner, “Private Fund Risk Alert: Here is How Some Fared in Their Examinations; Will You Have the Same Deficiencies?” CSS RegTech (June 25, 2020)
  • Eugenie Warner, “A Familiar Theme in Unfamiliar Times,” CSS RegTech (April 30, 2020)

Presentations

  • Presenter, “National Society of Compliance Professionals,” Private Funds Issues Group (October 17, 2022)
  • Speaker, “Preparing Private Funds for the Marketing Rule,” Webinar (August 9, 2021)
  • Speaker, “SEC Private Fund Exam Observations: A Roadmap for Private Fund Compliance Programs,” Webinar (June 23, 2020)
  • Panelist, “Tips to Prevent an SEC OICE Investment Adviser Exam from Going Bad,” CSS (Fall Conference 2019)
  • Panelist, “Refreshing the Annual Review Process to Address Business and Regulatory Risks,” CSS (Spring Conference 2019)
  • Panelist, “Private Funds: Private Equity/Real Estate Track Next Gen Private Fund Regulations,” Ascendant Compliance Conference Series (2018)
  • Panelist, “Strategy and Planning: When the Exam Goes Bad,” Ascendant Compliance Conference Series (2017)
  • Panelist, “Key Takeaways from SEC Enforcement and Private Litigation Actions,” Ascendant Compliance Conference Series (2016)
  • Speaker, “Formulating Proper Disclosure: Just in Time for Your Annual Updating Amendment,” Webinar (February 26, 2015)
  • Speaker, “From Books and Records to SEC Examinations,” Webinar (August 18, 2013)
  • JD, University of Connecticut School of Law, 2001; Connecticut Law Review
  • BA (Diplomacy and World Affairs), Occidental College, 1993

Qualifications

  • New York, 2008
  • California, 2001
  • Florida, 2009
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