Benjamin J. Haskin

• Recognized by Chambers USA (2024) in the area of Investment Funds: Registered Funds
• Recognized in Best Lawyers 2023 in the area of Mutual Funds Law
• Recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. 2023 in the area of Investment Fund Formation and Management: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
• 2010 Highly Commended Award, "Under the Microscope: Valuation and Hedge Funds," Journal of Investment Compliance

Benjamin is former Chairman of the Investment Management Committee of the District of Columbia Bar and serves on the Editorial Boards of The Investment Lawyer and The Journal of Investment Compliance. Benjamin is a member of the American Bar Association’s Investment Companies and Investment Advisers sub-committee and has served on the drafting committees for ABA comment letters.

Benjamin has spoken on a wide range of investment management matters including: "Effect of Changing Regulatory Environment for Regulated Investment Companies" in Boston, "Preparing for Impending Regulatory Changes," "Exchange-Traded Funds: Current Issues and Rulemaking," "Valuation Issues in the Current Economic Environment" and "The Financial Meltdown of 2008 and the Regulatory Responses" at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs." Benjamin served as moderator of seminars entitled "After Jones v. Harris - Mutual Advisory Contracts in the Wake of the Supreme Court Decision," "Derivatives for Investment Companies," "Forum with the Director of the Division of Investment Management" and "Current Issues in Securities Enforcement for the Investment Management Industry."

• "SEC Proposes Amendments to Money Market Fund Rules," The Investment Lawyer, Volume 29 No. 4 (April 2022) (co-author)
• "Regulatory Monitor: SEC Update," The Investment Lawyer, Volume 28 No. 8 (August 2021) (co-author)
• "Regulatory Monitor: SEC Update - SEC Extends 'Testing the Waters' Exemption," The Investment Lawyer, Volume 26, No. 12 (December 2019) (co-author)
• "Don’t Call It a Comeback: The SEC’s Continued Pursuit of 'Broken Windows,'" The Investment Lawyer, Vol. 26, No. 4 (April 2019) (co-author)
• "Regulatory Monitor: SEC Update - Potential Unintended Consequences of the SEC’s Liquidity Risk Rule Proposal," The Investment Lawyer, Vol. 23, No. 7 (July 2016) (co-author)
• "SEC Holds Roundtable on Money Market Funds and Systemic Risk," Journal of Investment Compliance, Vol. 12, No. 3 (2011) (co-author)
• "Selection and Oversight of Sub-Advisers - Obligations and Practices," The Investment Lawyer Vol. 18, No.1 (Jan. 2011) (co-author)
• "Under the Microscope: Valuation and Hedge Funds," Journal of Investment Compliance, Vol. 10, No. 3 (2009) (co-author)
•  Eighth Circuit Amends Standards for Review of Mutual Funds," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (June 2009) (co-author)
• "Hedge Fund Managers to be Subject to SEC Registration and Scrutiny," Bloomberg Law Reports (June 2005) (co-author)
• "Rule 38a-1: The Road Ahead," The Investment Lawyer (May 2005) (co-author)
• "SEC Reacts to Scandals by Amending Rules for Investment Advisers’ and Investment Companies’ Codes of Ethics," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (September 2004)  
• "Serving As a Mutual Fund Sub-Adviser: Issues to Consider," ICAA Newsletter (March 2002)
• "Hiring and Oversight of Sub-Advisers," The Investment Lawyer (January 1998)

• Represented Fund Boards of Directors in connection with compliance and transactional matters.
• Represented multiple fund complexes in restructuring key service provider arrangements.
• Represented multiple sponsors in connection with launching publicly-traded ETFs. 
• Represented Virtus in its purchase of RidgeWorth. 
• Represented Morgan Asset Management in sale of fixed income mutual fund business. 
• Represented Wasatch Advisors in connection with spin-off of private equity arm.
• Represented broker-dealers and fund companies in connection with financing arrangements.
• Represented public companies in connection with Investment Company Act status issues.
• Represented multiple advisers in connection with SEC investigations. 
• Represented business development company manager in connection with OCIE valuation review. 
• Represented adviser in connection with adoption of interval fund.
• Represented bank-affiliated adviser in connection with transfer of advisory relationships to third party advisers.