Ms Kaitlin McGrath > Dechert LLP > Boston, United States > Lawyer Profile
Dechert LLP Offices
![Dechert LLP company logo](https://www.legal500.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/05/9038.jpg?v=1653297619)
ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE
40TH FLOOR, 100 OLIVER STREET
BOSTON, MA 02110-2605
MASSACHUSETTS
United States
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Ms Kaitlin McGrath
![Kaitlin McGrath photo](https://www.legal500.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/06/kaitlin-mcgrath-portrait-240x300.jpg)
Work Department
Financial Services and Investment Management
Position
Partner
Career
Kaitlin McGrath advises U.S. registered investment companies (including mutual funds, closed-end funds, and exchange-traded funds), as well as their investment advisers and independent directors/trustees, on a wide range of corporate, regulatory, compliance, and enforcement matters.
Ms. McGrath has advised clients on the development and registration of new funds, fund reorganizations, investment adviser acquisitions, fund and adviser compliance programs and codes of ethics, marketing and disclosure issues, general fund and adviser compliance matters, and fund governance and fiduciary oversight matters. She has experience seeking exemptive and no-action relief from the Securities and Exchange Commission and representing clients in connection with SEC investigations and enforcement matters.
Ms. McGrath has particular expertise with exchange-traded funds and has assisted clients with launching new ETF business lines and developing novel ETFs. She also has significant experience advising clients on affiliated transactions and conflicts of interest related matters, including cross trading and principal transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation