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In this episode of Fully Invested, Ropes & Gray asset management attorneys Jason Brown, Bryan Hunkele, Joel Wattenbarger and Alyssa Horton provide a brief introduction to Form ADV, including the requirements for filing, timing considerations and the various components of the document.

In this latest episode in a series of Ropes & Gray podcasts addressing emerging issues for fiduciaries of 401(k) and 403(b) plans to consider as part of their litigation risk management strategy, David Kirchner in the firm’s benefits consulting group, is joined by Jon Reinstein, an ERISA and benefits associate, to discuss some of the various developments the team has been tracking in the ERISA fiduciary space. This episode includes a roundup of post-Northwestern fee litigation, the impact that these lawsuits are having on the fiduciary liability insurance market, the SECURE 2.0 legislation currently pending in Congress and the emerging debate over cryptocurrency investments in ERISA retirement plans.

In the shadow of TERRA/LUNA’s recent collapse, this Ropes & Gray podcast, hosted by asset management attorneys Melissa Bender and Charlie Humphreville, discusses stablecoins, how they are intended to operate and their importance to the overall digital assets markets. The podcast also covers potential regulatory developments that may impact stablecoins.

In this episode of Women @ RopesTalk, hosted by health care partner Christine Moundas, intellectual property transactions counsel Emily Karlberg interviews Katerina Novak, associate general counsel at global asset management firm Viking Global Investors.

In this episode of Fully Invested, Ropes & Gray asset management attorneys Mike Doherty and Jamie McGinnis discuss the “retailization” of private fund products. They provide an overview of products available to alternative asset managers in the marketplace; examine regulatory barriers to retail investment in private companies and private fund strategies; and, leveraging Jamie’s recent experience in the Division of Investment Management and as securities counsel at the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, discuss the legal and regulatory outlook that may facilitate future retailization efforts.

In the latest installment of Ropes & Gray’s ETF podcast series, asset management partner Jeremy Smith, counsel Ed Baer and litigation & enforcement partner Dan O’Connor discuss some of the recent developments specific to the ETF wrapper itself, a potential twist on mutual fund to ETF conversions, and the recent ETF revenue sharing sweep.

On this special feature episode of Scope of Practice, hiring partners across several of Ropes & Gray’s offices provide some quick interview tips, followed by a deeper dive discussion with asset management associate, Yoni Levy, and real estate counsel and on-campus interviewer, Chrystal LaRoche, about how to excel at law firm interviews.

In this Ropes & Gray podcast, asset management attorneys Lindsey Goldstein and Kevin White discuss some of the approaches taken to build authorities into fund limited partnership agreements to allow for future alternative liquidity opportunities. They discuss some considerations sponsors and investors should consider when negotiating these authorities, including what sponsors should keep in mind when determining whether to attempt to build in these authorities.

Welcome to Fully Invested, a podcast series from Ropes & Gray’s global asset management practice that provides insight into essential considerations associated with current and emerging asset management topics. Given the still-growing popularity of co-investments—both from the perspective of fund sponsors and fund investors—Isabel Dische, Adam Dobson, Nicole Krea and Jessica Marlin provide an overview in this episode of the basic structures used for co-investment transactions, as well as related issues that commonly arise in these deals. They also briefly touch on how the SEC’s proposed private funds rules from earlier this year may shift the co-invest paradigm.

This episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series Non-binding Guidance explores recent FDA guidance on recall readiness and other recall-related hot topics. In recent months, we have seen a trend of increased FDA inspection and enforcement activity as the impact from COVID-19 starts to lessen. Earlier this year, FDA also finalized guidance on the Initiation of Voluntary Recalls under 21 CFR Part 7, Subpart C, which explores FDA expectations regarding the process companies should already have in place ahead of a potential recall situation. Join Ropes & Gray FDA regulatory attorneys Josh Oyster and Beth Weinman as they provide a quick refresher on recalls and discuss the latest recall readiness suggestions from the Agency to help companies make decisions about how and when to recall their FDA-regulated products and how to involve FDA in that process. They also discuss FDA’s recent recall-related actions that invoked rarely-used legal authorities applicable to medical devices.