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Laura Ferrell counsels clients on a wide range of complex legal, regulatory, and compliance matters across the asset management industry. She is an experienced securities regulatory practitioner, focused on the structuring, management, and operation of investment advisers and investment funds. Ms. Ferrell serves as lead counsel to clients across the full lifecycle of investment management, from advising first time sponsors in connection with RIA registration and fund formation to counseling long-established founders on succession planning. She has particular expertise advising asset managers in connection with bet-the-company SEC examinations and enforcement inquiries, RIA registration and compliance matters, asset management M&A transactions, IPOs of asset managers, the formation of investment funds, and ESG matters. Ms. Ferrell also has significant experience assisting clients in structuring and developing new investment products, as well as in capital markets, financing, and restructuring transactions involving asset managers and investment funds.