Vedder Price

Investment Services

Shareholder

Mr. Tiedt’s practice includes the representation of registered mutual funds, closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds; investment advisers; and other financial institutions on a broad range of regulatory, governance and compliance matters.

Mr. Tiedt regularly counsels clients on matters relating to SEC registration, disclosure and compliance; proxy solicitation; NYSE, Nasdaq and FINRA regulation; corporate governance; and board administration. Mr. Tiedt has a broad range of experience advising clients on complex matters relating to product design and extraordinary transactions, including fund mergers and reorganizations; fund adoption transactions; closed-end fund IPOs, secondary offerings and preferred share transactions; and closed-end fund conversions, rights offerings and repurchase offers. He also advises independent fund directors on their unique duties and responsibilities.

Mr. Tiedt’s experience also includes providing guidance to operating companies and financial institutions on complex investment company status questions. In addition, he has extensive experience representing issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, including Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings, as well as registered tender and exchange offers.

German

University of Michigan Law School, 2003, cum laude Michigan State University, B.A., 2000, with high honors, Phi Beta Kappa