Nicole represents securities and commodities professionals in a variety of regulatory, compliance and corporate matters. She has extensive experience with respect to hedge funds, commodity pools, private equity funds, cryptocurrency funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, fund of funds and socially responsible investment vehicles. Nicole provides legal and compliance guidance to registered and exempt investment advisers, commodity pool operators (CPOs), commodity trading advisors (CTAs), proprietary trading firms and family offices, as well as providing counsel to boards and investment companies.
Nicole drafts and develops offering documents, compliance manuals, policies and procedures, corporate materials, business contracts, investment agreements and advertising materials. She also provides legal and structuring guidance concerning master-feeder structures, domestic and foreign funds, international offerings, separately managed accounts and robo-adviser platforms.
In addition to her Juris Doctorate, Nicole has an LL.M in Financial Services Law and is an Investment Adviser Certified Compliance Professional (IACCP). Nicole is a Founder of the Investment Network and the Digital Assets Working Group, and is a Director of the Washington D.C. Compliance Roundtable. Nicole was selected as a Super Lawyer Rising Star for five consecutive years.