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Andrew Davalla

Andrew is a partner in the firm’s Corporate Transactions & Securities and Investment Management practice groups. With more than 15 years of in-house industry experience, most recently as senior vice president and counsel for a global investment management firm, he has a keen understanding and appreciation of issues from the investment manager’s perspective. Andrew has extensive experience in providing ongoing representation of and advice to open-end investment companies, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), interval funds and their independent directors/trustees. His experience also includes advising on the full range of securities and compliance issues related to fund development and structuring, investment management agreements, third-party service agreements, corporate governance, fund mergers and acquisitions involving investment advisers. Having served in the role of privacy officer, he also gained valuable experience with data privacy and information security issues. · Thompson Hine LLP

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About

Andrew Davalla is a partner at Thompson Hine LLP in the Corporate Transactions & Securities and Investment Management practice groups. He has over 15 years of in-house experience, most recently as senior vice president and counsel for a global investment management firm, and advises on investment companies, ETFs, interval funds, securities compliance, and data privacy and information security issues.

Practice areas

Corporate Transactions & SecuritiesInvestment ManagementInterval FundsPrivacy & CybersecurityETF Practice

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Expertise

Open-End Investment CompaniesExchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)Interval FundsSecurities ComplianceFund Mergers & AcquisitionsCorporate GovernanceData PrivacyInformation Security

Education

  • Fordham University School of Law, J.D.
  • Fordham University, B.A.