John S. Marten, a Shareholder in the Chicago office of Vedder Price, has substantial experience representing clients in the investment management industry.
As a member of the firm’s Investment Services group, Mr. Marten counsels clients on a wide variety of matters involving the application of the federal securities laws to investment companies, investment advisers and broker-dealers. He has significant experience counseling investment company clients with respect to new products and was recently involved in the creation of two mutual funds employing alternative investment strategies. Mr. Marten provides practical legal and business advice to investment company directors to assist them in fulfilling their fiduciary duties as directors, including extensive experience counseling directors with respect to Section 15(c) contract renewal matters.
Mr. Marten has represented clients on a broad range of matters, including:
- Advising fund independent directors on fiduciary duties and conflicts of interest and other governance matters and counseling fund clients on all aspects of board administration and meeting preparation
- Advising investment companies and investment advisers on all aspects of ongoing compliance matters, including drafting and reviewing compliance policies and procedures and assisting clients in annual compliance reviews
- Handling all aspects of the formation of funds, including corporate formation, SEC registration and initial securities issuance
- Representing mutual fund clients in structuring complex alternative fund products, including negotiating derivative contracts
- Leading a series of fund reorganizations to streamline legal entities within a client's mutual fund complex
- Assisting a client in obtaining exemptive relief from the SEC to operate under an affiliated manager of managers structure
- Counseling clients in connection with preparing for, and responding to, SEC examination requests
More Legal and Business Bylines From John S. Marten
- SEC Settles Additional Share Class Selection Actions - (Posted On Tuesday, October 29, 2019)
- SEC Settles with Adviser for Overcharging Clients - (Posted On Monday, October 28, 2019)
- SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Performance and Fee Disclosure - (Posted On Monday, October 28, 2019)
- SEC Charges Two Advisers with Fiduciary Duty Breaches for Failing to Disclose Conflicts of Interest relating to the Receipt of Compensation from Client Investments in Mutual Funds - (Posted On Thursday, October 03, 2019)
- SEC Issues Proxy Voting Guidance - (Posted On Thursday, October 03, 2019)
- OCIE Releases Risk Alert Relating to Principal Transaction and Agency Cross Trade Compliance Issues - (Posted On Wednesday, October 02, 2019)
- SEC Staff Announces Rule 14a-8 No-Action Request Process Changes - (Posted On Wednesday, October 02, 2019)
- SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Improving Fund Principal Risks Disclosure - (Posted On Wednesday, October 02, 2019)
- FINRA Issues Supplemental Guidance on Giving Credit for Extraordinary Cooperation - (Posted On Tuesday, September 03, 2019)
- OCIE Issues Risk Alert Relating to Investment Adviser Oversight of Supervised Persons with Disciplinary Histories - (Posted On Tuesday, September 03, 2019)
Vedder Price's Investment Services group is recognized by the National Law Review as a Go-To Thought Leader for the group’s regular contributions on and analysis of SEC amendments and regulations, enforcement actions and proposed rulemaking. Topics addressed by Vedder’s Investment Services group related to the SEC include: enforcement proceeding settlements, the modernization of fund disclosure regime, amendments to proxy rules and the review process for exemptive applications. The following Vedder Price attorney authors were the most frequent contributors: John S. Marten, Nathaniel Segal and Jacob C. Tiedt.
The National Law Review recognizes Rachel Behar, Robert M. Crea, Joseph M. Mannon, John S. Marten, Nathaniel Segal, Jacob C. Tiedt, and Jeff VonDruska of Vedder Price as 2021 Go-To Thought leaders for their well-thought-out and timely updates on developments at the SEC. The SEC reporting team at Vedder Price covers a range of topics including fixed income trades, wrap fee program deficiencies, advisor fee calculations and breaks down the most critical issues, and provides readers actionable insights.