Nicole Crum

Nicole is the leader of Sullivan's Investment Management Group and Chair of its Corporate Governance & Board Advisory Practice, Managing Partner Elect of the Washington, D.C. office and also serves as Co-Chair of the firm's Lateral Partner Hiring Committee. Nicole’s practice focuses on the representation of boards and board committees, including independent directors, as well as a broad spectrum of financial services and other companies, such as investment companies (open-end, closed-end, BDCs and ETFs), investment advisers and broker-dealers. Nicole regularly advises on all aspects of governance and compliance, including the operation of investment companies, brokers, advisers and related transactions, crisis and conflict management, regulatory oversight and compliance, government and internal investigations, and shareholder and stakeholder engagement issues. Nicole counsels clients on all aspects of governmental and self-regulatory organization regulation. She is widely known as a trusted adviser to clients. In recognition of her work, Nicole has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America®, named one of the top 10 women investment management lawyers by Fund Board Views, and was also named a "Next Generation Lawyer" and a "Recommended" lawyer by The Legal 500 US. In 2019, she was included on DCA Live's inaugural list of the top Emerging Women Leaders in Private Practice. She was named a "Rising Star" at the Mutual Fund Industry Awards by Fund Action/Fund Intelligence and is a former member of the Firm's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Nicole served as Chair of the Firm's Women's Initiative from 2017-2021 and is a 2017 Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. Prior to joining Sullivan, Nicole was an associate at Winston & Strawn and Baker & McKenzie. She has an LL.M. from University College London focusing on international law with focus on international human rights and investment and worked on investment and human rights as a legal fellow at Amnesty UK (London) and Amnesty USA (DC). · Sullivan & Worcester LLP

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Nicole Crum is the leader of Sullivan's Investment Management Group and Chair of its Corporate Governance & Board Advisory Practice, and Managing Partner Elect of the Washington, D.C. office. She focuses on representing boards and financial services companies on governance, compliance, and regulatory matters.

Practice areas

Investment ManagementCorporate GovernanceBoard AdvisoryFinancial ServicesMergers and AcquisitionsRegulatory Compliance

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United States

Sullivan & Worcester LLP · Nicole is the leader of Sullivan's Investment Management Group and Chair of its Corporate Governance & Board Advisory Practice, Managing Partner Elect of the Washington, D.C. office and also serves as Co-Chair of the firm's Lateral Partner Hiring Committee. Nicole’s practice focuses on the representation of boards and board committees, including independent directors, as well as a broad spectrum of financial services and other companies, such as investment companies (open-end, closed-end, BDCs and ETFs), investment advisers and broker-dealers. Nicole regularly advises on all aspects of governance and compliance, including the operation of investment companies, brokers, advisers and related transactions, crisis and conflict management, regulatory oversight and compliance, government and internal investigations, and shareholder and stakeholder engagement issues. Nicole counsels clients on all aspects of governmental and self-regulatory organization regulation. She is widely known as a trusted adviser to clients. In recognition of her work, Nicole has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America®, named one of the top 10 women investment management lawyers by Fund Board Views, and was also named a "Next Generation Lawyer" and a "Recommended" lawyer by The Legal 500 US. In 2019, she was included on DCA Live's inaugural list of the top Emerging Women Leaders in Private Practice. She was named a "Rising Star" at the Mutual Fund Industry Awards by Fund Action/Fund Intelligence and is a former member of the Firm's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Nicole served as Chair of the Firm's Women's Initiative from 2017-2021 and is a 2017 Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. Prior to joining Sullivan, Nicole was an associate at Winston & Strawn and Baker & McKenzie. She has an LL.M. from University College London focusing on international law with focus on international human rights and investment and worked on investment and human rights as a legal fellow at Amnesty UK (London) and Amnesty USA (DC).

United States

Expertise

Investment CompaniesFinancial ServicesCorporate GovernanceRegulatory ComplianceBoard AdvisoryMergers and Acquisitions

Education

University College London (LL.M.)
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D.)
The Ohio State University (B.A.)

Admissions

District of Columbia
Ohio