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Stradley Ronon & R.R. Donnelly Publications

The Investment Company Act of 1940 and Investment Advisers Act of 1940, 20th Edition

THE REGULATION OF COMMODITY POOL OPERATORS AND COMMODITY TRADING ADVISORS UNDER THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT: 1940 Regulatory Materials Relevant To The Act Practitioner

The Registration of Mutual Funds, 21st Edition 



Mergers of Investment Companies, 8th Edition



Mutual Fund Record Retention Reference Guide, 2nd Edition 

2nd Edition, The Guide to Rule 2a-7

Stradley Ronon's Investment Management/Mutual Funds Practice Group has been named one of the top 10 for number of mutual fund clients by Mutual Fund Wire, an online news publication covering the Mutual Fund and 1940 Act industry.




Stradley Ronon's Investment Management/Mutual Funds Practice Group was recommended in the area of "Investment fund formation and management - Mutual/registered funds" by the Legal 500. In addition, Chair Bruce Leto was recognized on the "Leading Lawyers List," the Legal 500 U.S. guide to outstanding attorneys nationwide. 
 

American Lawyer Media, has named Stradley Ronon as a 2011 Go-To Law Firm® for Financial Services Companies - Securities.

Stradley Ronon's Investment Management/Mutual Funds Practice Group was named as one the top firms nationally for Investment Funds: Registered Funds in the 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. In 2010, Chambers noted, "Stradley Ronon has a strong core of practitioners advising mutual funds - both open and closed-end - and their boards on reorganizations and acquisitions. As part of a full-service firm, the group can also offer clients the benefits of additional ERISA and SEC expertise." A Chambers source said "I enjoy working with Stradley - it is always conscientious about expenses and fees."




Stradley Ronon was named a “Tier 1” firm in Philadelphia for mutual fund law in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Best Lawyers is regarded as a definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Selection to this exclusive group is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which attorneys throughout the country submitted more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of firms and lawyers in their specialties.

FundLaw:

John Baker, an attorney in our Washington, D.C., office publishes an Internet-based e-mail newsletter that digests recent regulatory developments and is periodically distributed to our clients and firm friends. FundLaw also offers readers the ability to quickly access the underlying rule, court decision, press release or other source documents when they require more in-depth knowledge and perspective of an issue.