Mr. Gibson is a member of the firm’s Investment Management Group, and his practice focuses primarily on international aspects of investment management services and globally-distributed fund products. His clients include U.S. and non-U.S. investment managers, U.S. broker/dealers, hedge funds, and private equity funds, and he acts as special U.S. counsel to funds organized under the European UCITS directive. Mr. Gibson also acts as fund counsel to U.S. registered investment advisers and U.S. mutual funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. He also represents companies from various industries on Investment Company Act status issues.
Mr. Gibson regularly advises U.S. and non-U.S. clients with respect to compliance with U.S. and European regulatory requirements, and advises clients on providing investment management services and selling pooled investment products on a cross-border basis. He has assisted U.S. clients as U.S. advisers, counseled U.S. managers on cross-border acquisitions of foreign asset managers, and has assisted U.S. clients with respect to compliance and various aspects of foreign laws and regulations and how they impact their business.
