Ronald M. Feiman advises clients on regulatory and compliance matters affecting investment companies and investment advisers. He provides legal counsel to service providers rendering distribution, custody and transfer agent services to registered and unregistered funds.
Ron represents investment companies, investment advisers and investment company independent directors, as well as unregistered domestic and offshore debt and equity funds, in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, proxy solicitations, and broker-dealer regulation and compliance. His clients include funds and directors of major mutual fund complexes, liquid alternative funds launched by independent managers and by major complexes, independent directors of listed closed-end funds, and funds of hedge funds, among other entities.
In addition, his corporate experience includes mergers and business combinations; stock and asset acquisitions; and recapitalizations, management buyouts, and finance and venture capital transactions.
A certified public accountant as well as a lawyer, Ron was named the 2016 Independent Counsel of the Year at the Mutual Fund Industry Awards. He has been recognized by Chambers USA and Legal 500 as a leading practitioner — a lawyer who is “very well-respected in the asset management industry” (Chambers USA 2015) and “lauded in particular for his expertise in regulatory matters.” (Chambers USA 2016)