Mr. George Attisano is counsel in the firm’s Boston office. He focuses his practice on various issues and matters under the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act. Mr. Attisano has extensive experience with a wide variety of SEC filings, including registration statements, proxies and shareholder reports. He has counseled open-end and closed-end fund boards on a variety of legal issues. He also has counseled funds and investment advisers on developing new products and in connection with SEC staff examinations, preparing responses to SEC inquiries and addressing issues raised in SEC staff deficiency letters.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Attisano practiced as a special counsel in a New York law firm and as in-house counsel to a financial services firm, where he coordinated legal services to a group of mutual funds operating under a “manager of managers” exemptive order. He also has experience in the financial industry as a foreign debt trader.