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Washington, D.C. Office1900 K Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States of America 20006-1110
Bill Bielefeld is the Co-Head of Dechert’s Permanent Capital Practice and regularly advises registered funds and BDCs, their investment advisers and their boards of directors/trustees on a wide range of matters relating to the development and launch of new funds, fund reorganizations, acquisitions, mergers, regulatory and compliance matters relating to existing funds, fund governance issues and SEC examinations.
Mr. Bielefeld has extensive experience working with investment managers focused on private markets investments to structure and design registered funds and BDCs to enable broader investor access to private markets strategies and has represented fund sponsors in a number of groundbreaking products. In addition to working with the leading private markets investment firms, he has also worked extensively with long established registered fund managers as they develop unique and innovative products encompassing private markets strategies.
Mr. Bielefeld has been recognized by The Legal 500 US in the area of financial services regulation. Prior to joining Dechert, Mr. Bielefeld served as an attorney-advisor in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations.
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- Kenyon College, B.A.
- Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., cum laude, Research Editor of the Temple Law Review
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- New York
- District of Columbia