Matt Chambers is a member of Kilpatrick Townsend’s Investment Management practice group, where he focuses on representing mutual funds. He provides counsel and business advice to mutual funds and investment advisers to mutual funds with respect to SEC filings, compliance, regulatory exams, corporate governance and disclosure matters on a regular basis. He routinely represents stand-alone trusts and series trusts, and also serves as adviser counsel to investment advisers of series trust funds.

Mr. Chambers has provided counsel to clients in every stage of the mutual fund life cycle, from assisting in the organization of funds and their trusts, drafting and finalizing registration statement filings with the SEC, establishing counterparty agreements with distribution platforms and other service providers to mutual funds, participating in board of trustees meetings and providing ongoing counsel with respect to regulatory developments and other relevant legal matters, and assisting funds and their investment advisers with reorganizations, ownership and trustee transitions, asset sales and mergers, which have ranged in size from $1 million to $400 million.

He also advises unregistered funds, both U.S.-based and offshore, including hedge funds, funds of funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds and real estate funds, and provides regular counsel on private placement memorandum (PPM) and related offering documentation, as well as blue sky and corporate law issues. He also assists clients with ongoing SEC reporting, including matters related to and required investment adviser filings.