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Sullivan & Worcester LLP Offices
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
United States
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Ms Rachael Schwartz
Work Department
Investment Management
Position
Rachael has over 15 years’ experience counseling registered investment companies (including mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds) and their boards regarding all aspects of the 1940 Act and related securities laws relevant to funds and independent directors, including with respect to Section 15(c) contract approvals and renewals, oversight of multi-manager and sub-advisory relationships, disclosure issues, fund governance, ESG matters, cybersecurity and the launch and reorganizations of funds and fund complexes. She also helps clients develop policies and procedures in connection with new SEC rules and regulations, as well as advise independent directors on their duties and responsibilities related to these new rules.
Career
- New York
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- New York City Bar Association, Regulation of Investment Management Committee
Education
- Washington University School of Law (J.D.)
- Duke University Fuqua School of Business (M.B.A.)
- Wellesley College (B.A., cum laude)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
Sullivan & Worcester LLP has extensive experience advising independent directors and trustees of investment management firms, with the establishment and registering of new funds, including but not limited to exchange traded funds, variable retail and insurance open- and closed ended funds. The investment management team are also frequently engaged as fund counsel in relation to compliance and shareholder matters and board advice. David Leahy and David Mahaffey jointly lead the practice from the firm’s Washington DC location, with the former advising clients on the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, while the latter specializes on federal securities law, for a whole host of registered funds clients. Nicole Crum is another key name in Washington DC and works with boards and board committees on staying compliant with SEC regulations and through government and internal investigations, while John Chilton is well versed in registered fund transactions, and Domenick Pugliese counsels independent directors of mutual funds, ETFs and variable annuity trusts. Rachael Schwartz was promoted to partner in January 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Finance > Fintech
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)