Susan Johnston is one of the country’s leading legal authorities on the tax issues of regulated investment companies (RICs), including mutual funds, and other pooled investment vehicles. Since the emergence of mutual funds and other similar investment vehicles, Susan has developed a wealth of knowledge through her research and work advising many of the leading funds in the country, and their advisors.

Ropes & Gray serves as regular counsel for more than 1,000 mutual funds, their advisers or their independent directors or trustees. In addition, many other funds have come to rely on Susan as their special tax counsel; she is one of a small group of go-to tax lawyers for RICs. Her clients include such marquee names in the industry as Allianz, Columbia, Cohen & Steers, DoubleLine, DWS, GMO, Highland Capital, Highmark, Managers, MFS, Natixis, ProFunds, ProShares and Stone Harbor fund groups.

Her work has earned her recognition from her clients and peers alike. Susan has served as chair of the Regulated Investment Companies Committee of the ABA Tax Section. She has been recognized annually in the top tier of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, most recently in 2012, and in the Best Lawyers in America. Clients interviewed by Chambers have given her consistently high reviews: