Financial Services and Investment Management

Partner

Christopher P. Harvey, global co-chair of Dechert’s financial services group and a member of the firm's Policy Committee, has more than 35 years of securities and financial services legal experience. He represents open and closed-end investment companies, other U.S. and international pooled investment vehicles, and investment advisers in a variety of transactional and regulatory matters, including reorganization transactions, registration and proxy statements, and requests for SEC exemptive and no-action relief.

Mr. Harvey also has significant experience in matters relating to trade allocation policies, soft dollar practices, cross-trading, personal and proprietary firm trading issues, Form ADV disclosure, wrap program issues, proxy voting policies and issues, custody of client funds, closed-end fund activist matters, affiliated brokerage and underwriting, and advisory agreement negotiation points such as indemnification and most favored client provisions.

Mr. Harvey advises mutual funds and their boards on the legal issues relating to advisory and Rule 12b-1 fees and distribution arrangements. He also advises on fund governance, conflicts and general fiduciary duty issues, and director and officer liability insurance issues.

In addition, Mr. Harvey advises public and private operating companies on “inadvertent investment company” status concerns, including structuring joint ventures and “incubators.” His work includes cross border offerings of investment products and services and related international regulatory matters. He also has experience in other corporate and securities matters, including private offerings and investment adviser mergers and acquisitions.

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Boston College, B.A., 1983, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa Boston College Law School, J.D., 1986, magna cum laude, Topics Editor, Boston College Law Review