Laurel Neale

Laurel Neale* focuses her practice on financial services matters and represents U.S. and non-U.S. private investment funds, registered investment companies, and their sponsors in connection with a variety of transactional and regulatory matters. Ms. Neale’s experience includes the formation of hedge funds and other private funds, as well as providing advice relating to a wide variety of U.S. securities law and regulatory compliance issues, including Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investment adviser registration and exemptions and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) requirements.

Prior to joining Dechert, Ms. Neale was part of the Investment Management and Hedge Funds practice groups in the Boston and London offices of another global law firm.

Prior to attending law school, Ms. Neale worked as a management consultant where her work involved developing market-driven strategies for companies across a range of industries.