Mr. Jackson concentrates his practice in the area of investment management regulation. He advises investment companies and investment advisers on matters arising under the federal securities laws.

Practice

Mr. Jackson’s practice focuses primarily on the regulation of investment companies and investment advisers under the federal securities laws. His practice includes such diverse areas as counseling clients with respect to the interpretation and application of provisions of the federal securities laws to investment management activities, registration of mutual funds and investment advisers, obtaining no-action and exemptive relief from the Securities and Exchange Commission, advising clients concerning the formulation of compliance policies and procedures and advising clients responding to regulator inspections and enforcement actions.

Mr. Jackson is a former Special Counsel and Staff Attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel of the SEC Division of Investment Management (1990-1994), where, among other responsibilities, he authored responses to no-action requests and worked extensively on banking legislation and pension issues, including the Division’s recommendations contained in the "Protecting Investors” report. He also has served as in-house counsel for a large institutional investment management firm, where he advised business units concerning the requirements of the federal securities laws, negotiated investment management and other contracts on behalf of the firm, and worked with outside counsel and regulators to obtain regulatory relief.