Janet R. Murtha

Partner

Corporate and Securities | Investment Management

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About Janet

Janet Murtha’s practice focuses on investment advisers and fund management.  Janet advises financial institutions, investment advisers and commodity trading advisors on securities, commodities and derivatives regulatory matters, including SEC and CFTC registration, and securities law compliance in fundraising.  In her practice she also advises her clients on corporate and commercial matters related to their investment management activities, including seeding arrangements, solicitation arrangements and marketing materials used to raise capital. She regularly structures and documents a variety of sophisticated and complex private equity and hedge funds and is experienced in establishing registered investment companies, bespoke structured products and broker-dealer regulation.

Prior to joining the firm, Janet was a partner in the Financial Services and Structured Products Groups of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP and in the corporate group of Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP.  Janet started her career as an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Seward & Kissel LLP.

Experience

Practice Areas

• Private equity and hedge fund formation and compliance

• Investment adviser regulation

• Investment fund regulation

• Securities and commodities regulation

• Broker-dealer regulation

• Corporate and securities matters

Education

• Fordham Law School — J.D., 1998 - Cum Laude
  Order of the Coif - Fordham Law Review – Associate Editor

• University of Michigan — B.A, 1987

Admissions

• New York

Professional Associations

• Chapter Board – Doing Business in the USA, Swiss American Chamber of Commerce

• International Bar Association

• American Bar Association

• New York State Bar Association

AddiTional Experience

• Structured a multi-manager incubator hedge fund platform for segregated start-up funds;

• Advised a non-U.S. bank on the application of Dodd-Frank to its cross-border derivatives business;

• Advised commodity pool operators on CFTC registration;

• Structured a start-up hedge fund and advised fund adviser in its investment adviser registrations;

• Structured hundreds of sophisticated investment funds including hedge funds, private equity funds, commodity pools, venture capital funds, funds-of-funds and investment funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940;

• Developed multiple compliance programs for investment advisers and commodity pool operators.