John Loder is a partner in the asset management group. For many years, his practice has focused primarily on investment management industry clients, including investment advisers, mutual funds, hedge funds, private equity firms and the investment management activities and products of banks, broker-dealers and insurance companies. He has extensive experience in the following types of matters, among others:
- the organization of investment advisory firms and investment funds of all types, both SEC-registered and unregistered;
- ongoing representation of and advice to open- and closed-end investment companies, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and their independent directors/trustees (currently including over 500 funds with collective assets totaling several hundred billion dollars);
- mergers and acquisitions of investment advisers and funds;
- advice with respect to governance, regulatory and compliance issues of all kinds affecting investment management industry clients; and
- advice regarding government enforcement matters.
He has also served as counsel to the independent directors of a number of large real estate investment trusts (REITs) on an ongoing basis, and to special committees of the boards of directors of several large REITs in connection with their review of corporate strategic alternatives and in the evaluation of proposed mergers and acquisitions and potential management internalization transactions.
Experience
Fund Groups
- Artisan Funds (fund and independent director counsel)
- American Century Funds (independent director/trustee counsel)
- Columbia Funds (fund counsel)
- Dodge & Cox Funds (independent trustee counsel)
- Loomis Sayles Funds (fund counsel)
- Natixis Funds and ETFs (fund counsel)
- PNC Funds (fund counsel)
- ProFunds (fund counsel)
- ProShares (ETFs) (fund counsel)
- Schwab Funds & ETFs (independent trustee counsel)