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Joseph Mannon counsels investment advisers, funds and family offices, bridging the gap between regulation and operations.

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He delivers clear, actionable guidance to help clients form funds, launch new products and achieve their business goals while managing regulatory risk, ensuring compliance and navigating regulatory scrutiny in the U.S. and abroad.

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Joe offers strategic guidance across fund operations, compliance and oversight, advises on commodity regulation, SEC, CFTC, GIPS and marketing/advertising rules and issues affecting both registered and unregistered funds and products. He helps clients design and launch private and registered funds, negotiates trading and derivatives agreements, and develops compliance programs and governance practices. He also helps clients prepare for and respond to regulatory investigations, always ensuring his advice aligns with their business goals.

Serving clients ranging from global asset managers to boutique investment firms, private funds, commodity trading advisers, commodity pool operators, alternative investment entities and family offices, Joe possesses broad experience across the investment industry.

Joe was an SEC enforcement attorney and associate general counsel for one of the world’s largest hedge fund-of-funds advisers before returning to private practice. Experienced on both the regulator’s and business sides of the industry, he understands regulatory expectations, internal business pressures, and how compliance decisions play out in practice. This enables him to anticipate potential problems, de-escalate issues and craft legally sound and commercially workable solutions to avoid costly disputes.

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Joseph M. Mannon to Speak at Investment Adviser Compliance Conference

Joseph M. Mannon presented at Investment Adviser Certified Compliance Professional Program Symposium

Joseph M. Mannon presents at 2023 IAA Compliance Workshops

Joseph M. Mannon to Moderate Panel at 2024 Investment Adviser Compliance Conference

Joseph M. Mannon to Present at IAA 2025 Investment Adviser Compliance Conference

Joseph M. Mannon Presenting during Strafford Webinar

Twelve Vedder Price Practice Areas and 46 Attorneys Distinguished in <i>The Legal 500 United States</i> in 2023

Vedder Price Practice Areas and Attorneys Distinguished in The Legal 500 United States in 2024

Vedder Price Recognized in Chambers USA in 2024

Joseph M. Mannon Featured in Crain’s Chicago Business Article

Vedder Price Recognized in Chambers Global 2025

Shareholder Joseph M. Mannon Quoted in CNBC Article

Joseph Mannon Featured in CityWire Article

Vedder Price Practice Areas and Attorneys Recognized in The Legal 500 United States in 2025

Vedder Price Recognized in Chambers USA in 2025

Joseph M. Mannon Quoted in Citywire Article on Private Assets in 401(k)s

Investment Services Regulatory Update October 2023

Managers of Plan Asset Funds: Important December 1, 2023 Deadline for DOL’s Proxy Voting Rule

DOL Fiduciary Rollover Guidance Struck Down by District Court

DOL Drops Appeal of ASA Case Eliminating Rollover Guidance

SEC Adopts New Private Fund Adviser Rules

Fifth Circuit Vacates Private Fund Adviser Rules

Client Reminder – Revised QPAM Exemption Takes Effect June 17, 2024

Third Set of Form PF Amendments Take Effect on June 12, 2025

SEC Provides Helpful Marketing Rule FAQ Guidance

SEC Staff No-Action Letter Allows Issuers to Rely on High Minimum Investment Amounts to Verify Purchasers in Rule 506(c) Offerings

President Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking to Facilitate 401(k) Access to Private Funds and Digital Assets

Significant Developments for Registered Closed End Funds of Private Funds

Joseph M. Mannon Presenting during ETF Conference

Vedder Price Represents CAPTRUST in its Investment in Boston Financial Management

Vedder Price Guides Chicago-Based Promus Holdings in Strategic Sale of Select Business Lines to Waverly Advisors

Vedder Price represents Innovator in $2 Billion acquisition by Goldman Sachs

CFTC Provides Registration Relief to Private Fund Industry

Vedder Represents Richard Bernstein Advisors in Acquisition by Janus Henderson Group

Joseph M. Mannon

Joseph M. Mannon

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Vedder Represents Richard Bernstein Advisors in Acquisition by Janus Henderson Group

CFTC Provides Registration Relief to Private Fund Industry

Vedder Price Guides Chicago-Based Promus Holdings in Strategic Sale of Select Business Lines to Waverly Advisors

Vedder Price represents Innovator in $2 Billion acquisition by Goldman Sachs

Joseph M. Mannon Presenting during ETF Conference

Joseph M. Mannon Presenting during Strafford Webinar

Joseph M. Mannon Quoted in Citywire Article on Private Assets in 401(k)s

Significant Developments for Registered Closed End Funds of Private Funds

Joseph M. Mannon

Credentials

Education

Bar Admissions

Court Admissions

Affiliations

Recognition

Insights & Events

Vedder Represents Richard Bernstein Advisors in Acquisition by Janus Henderson Group

CFTC Provides Registration Relief to Private Fund Industry

Vedder Price Guides Chicago-Based Promus Holdings in Strategic Sale of Select Business Lines to Waverly Advisors

Vedder Price represents Innovator in $2 Billion acquisition by Goldman Sachs

Joseph M. Mannon Presenting during ETF Conference

Joseph M. Mannon Presenting during Strafford Webinar

Joseph M. Mannon Quoted in Citywire Article on Private Assets in 401(k)s

Significant Developments for Registered Closed End Funds of Private Funds

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