Janna Manes is one of five corporate partners with principal responsibility for the ongoing representation of more than 400 investment companies or their independent board members, as well as unregistered pooled investment vehicles, investment advisers and fund administrators.

Ms. Manes regularly counsels clients on regulatory and transactional matters involving registered open-end and closed-end investment companies and their investment advisers, assists in structuring compliance programs, and has represented clients in acquisitions of investment advisers.

Activities

Panel Moderator, Mutual Fund Regulatory Developments, Investment Management Products: Mutual Funds and Beyond, ALI-ABA, November 2007

Co-author,D.C. Circuit Vacates SEC�s Hedge Fund Rule, Derivatives: Financial Products Report, November 2006

Contributor, Mutual Fund Regulation, Practising Law Institute, Second Edition, 2005

Author, Updates for Compliance Officers on Form N-CSR, NSCP Currents, March/April 2005

Speaker, Ethical Issues for Insurance Industry Practitioners, City Bar Center for CLE, February 2005

Speaker, 4th Annual Institute on Investment Management Regulation, Glasser LegalWorks, November 2000

Admitted to Practice

New York, 1994

Education

J.D., cum laude, New York University, 1993

B.S., with distinction, Purdue University, 1989