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Dechert LLP Offices

Dechert LLP
45 Fremont Street
26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
United States
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Mr Mark D Perlow

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+1 415 262 4530 [email protected]

Work Department

Financial Services and Investment Management

Position

Partner

Career

Mark D. Perlow represents mutual funds, hedge fund managers, fund independent directors, investment advisers, and broker-dealers on a broad range of regulatory and transactional matters. Mr. Perlow has extensive experience structuring, forming and reorganizing mutual funds and hedge funds; preparing and negotiating fund documents and agreements; and assisting clients on adviser and fund mergers, acquisitions, and adoptions. Mr. Perlow has counseled both fund sponsors and fund investors on regulatory aspects of and issues posed by alternative funds, derivatives, short selling, market structure, and exchange-traded funds. He also advises investment adviser and fund sponsors on fintech matters, including marketplace lending and online investment advice.

Having served as senior counsel in both the SEC’s Office of the General Counsel and the Division of Enforcement, Mr. Perlow has considerable experience with SEC rule-making, submissions, enforcement, examinations and compliance activity. Mr. Perlow regularly assists funds, broker-dealers, and investment managers on agreements relating to regulation and distribution, and represents them before the SEC and FINRA in connection with registration, exemptive applications, no-action and interpretive requests, enforcement actions, examinations, and transactional and disclosure filings. He has also counseled clients on compliance issues regarding the Dodd-Frank and Sarbanes-Oxley Acts.

Mr. Perlow serves as managing partner of the firm’s San Francisco office. He is a frequent author and speaker on securities law and investment management topics. Currently, he is an adjunct lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley Law School. Prior to joining Dechert, he served as a partner in the San Francisco office of another international law firm.

Memberships

  • American Bar Association, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, Subcommittee on Investment Companies and Investment Advisers, Task Force on Investment Company Use of Derivatives and Leverage, and the Drafting Committee for Comment Letter on Money Market Fund Reform
  • Federal Bar Association
  • HFC, West Coast Committee
  • West Coast ’40 Acts Group

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley, A.B., 1986, summa cum laude
  • University of Oxford, M.A., 1988, Newton-Tatum Scholar
  • Yale Law School, J.D., 1991, Executive Editor for the Yale Journal on Regulation, Olin Fellow in Law, Economics and Public Policy

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Finance > Fintech

Well-equipped to handle digital transactions, the ‘professional and knowledgeable’ team at Dechert LLP is experienced in advising registered investment advisers and broker-dealers on cybersecurity matters. In San Francisco, former SEC senior counsel Mark Perlow is geared to assist hedge fund managers and broker-dealers on a range of regulatory and transactional mandates. Working out of Silicon Valley, Timothy Spangler is often engaged in the formation and structuring of private investment vehicles, while Ralph Mazzeo is proficient in capital markets and mortgage finance transactions. Commended as a ‘problem solver’, Andrew Pontano is knowledgeable of public and private securities offerings, while other key members of the team include Sarah Milam who handles fintech investment transactions for issuers and investors. All of the individuals that have been mentioned are located in New York, unless stated otherwise.

United States > Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds

Dechert LLP has a longstanding record in the mutual funds space, with funds, fund advisors and boards of directors, broker dealers, insurance companies and banks turning to the financial services team for comprehensive service. The team advises open- and closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds, interval funds and on insurance products, covering a plethora of issues, including but not limited to regulatory and compliance matters, related litigation, regulatory investigation and the formation and management of these funds. Experienced partner Christopher Harvey leads the team out of the Boston office, and is supported by John O’Hanlon, who covers corporate, regulatory, compliance and enforcement matters for funds clients, and Stephanie Capistron, who among other capabilities advises mutual fund sponsors on launching ETFs in the same location. In New York Allison Fumai has extensive experience with exchange traded funds, but frequently works with mutual funds and closed-end funds as well, while in San Francisco Mark Perlow advises fund sponsors and investors on the related ESG regulation. Douglas Dick and Megan Johnson are based in Washington DC, with the latter advising mutual funds and EFTs on staying compliant with the Investment Company Act of 1940. The team underwent some changes in 2023 with Michael McGrath joining the firm from K&L Gates in March and Kaitlin McGrath being promoted to partner in January, both located in Boston and part of the financial Services and investment management team.

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