NEW YORK – Stradley Ronon partners Matthew DiClemente and Nicole Simon served as a panelist and a moderator, respectively, at the 2024 Investment Company Institute (ICI) Closed-End Fund Conference. The event, held November 12 in New York was co-sponsored by Stradley Ronon and provided valuable insights into the latest trends impacting the closed-end fund industry.
Matthew joined a panel titled “Bylaws: The Best Available Method to Protect Long-Term Retail Investors from Activist Attacks,” which discussed potential strategies used to protect long-term shareholders.
Nicole served as moderator for a panel, titled “Fitting a Square in a Round Hole: Legal Impediments with Launching an Unlisted Fund and What the Future May Hold.” The conversation discussed transactions with affiliates, structural considerations, investments in underlying funds, feeder fund issues and more.
Matthew serves as co-chair of Stradley Ronon’s investment management department and represents registered investment companies and their boards of directors, investment advisers, private funds and broker-dealers in a wide range of regulatory, corporate and transactional matters.
Nicole is chair of the firm’s alternative funds practice and counsels a diverse group of clients in the asset management industry on the broad scope of traditional and novel regulatory issues and practical considerations relevant to their initial formation and continued operations.
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