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. 

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