Jonathan L. Awner

SEC Reporting Requirements for Advisers to Private Funds
Jonathan L. Awner,Laura Holm, January 17, 2012
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank Act") establishes the Financial Stability Oversight Council ("FSOC") for the purpose of monitoring risks to the stability of the U.S. financial system. Section 404 of the Dodd-Frank Act directed the...

SEC Adopts Final Rule for Family Office Exemption
Jonathan L. Awner,Laura Holm, August 5, 2011
On June 22, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") approved a final rule ("Family Office Rule") defining "family offices" that will be excluded from the definition of an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Advisers...

Federal Court of Appeals Overturns SEC's Proxy Access Rule
Jonathan L. Awner,Andrew Schwartz,Philip B. Schwartz, August 1, 2011
On July 22, 2011, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overturned Exchange Act Rule 14a-11. The rule, adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in August 2010, required public companies to allow, in...