Jon-Luc Dupuy is a partner and a member of the Asset Management and Investment Funds practice group.
With 25 years of experience in the asset management industry, Jon-Luc has a deep understanding of the regulation and operation of registered funds, investment advisers, and fund distributors.
He has significant experience advising asset managers on regulatory and transactional matters including, the organization and operation of open-end investment companies, closed-end investment companies (including interval and tender offer funds), exchange-traded funds (ETFs), money market funds, and business development companies (BDCs).
He counsels clients on a wide range of regulatory, compliance, transactional, and operational matters including:
- Fund organization, registration, regulatory filings, examinations, and compliance;
- Corporate acquisitions and transactional matters such as fund and adviser reorganizations and change of control matters, and fund adoption transactions; and
- Matters related to trading practices, affiliated transaction issues, valuation, swing pricing, asset custody, proxy voting matters, SEC exemptive applications, and no-action letter requests.
Jon-Luc has significant experience with money market funds that operate in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act. Over the years, he has helped clients implement changes to their products and policies in response to reforms adopted to Rule 2a-7. He is also a frequent author and speaker on all matters related to money market funds.
Jon-Luc also has broad knowledge of laws regulating BDCs and regularly counsels clients on the organization, structuring, compliance, and operation of these investment products.
He has also advised insurance companies on securities law issues relating to variable annuities, variable life insurance, and separate accounts.
Jon-Luc is a frequent contributor to the firm's thought leadership, co-authoring our ESG and the Sustainable Economy Handbook (updated quarterly), and various blogs on SEC regulatory matters. He also contributes annually to our Asset Management Regulatory Year in Review.
From 2000 to 2015, Jon-Luc served in senior in-house counsel roles with large asset managers including: Manulife Financial, Pioneer Investments, State Street, and an insurance company subsidiary of Goldman Sachs.
From 1995-2000, Jon-Luc served in various operations and compliance roles for Manulife Financial.
- Old Gold Rugby Football Club, Boston, MA
- Panelist, Crane Money Market Fund Symposium, 2022-present
- Panelist, Crane Money Market Fund University, 2022-present
- “How SEC Money Market Fund Reform Diverges From Proposal,” Law360, 7 August 2023
- “Tailored Shareholder Reports,” The Investment Lawyer, January 2023
- “Everyone Has an Opinion: Comments on Proposed ESG and Names Rule Reforms and Forecasting the Final Rules,” The Investment Lawyer, November 2022
- “What To Know About SEC Shareholder Disclosure Reforms,” Law360, 28 October 2022
- "Considerations When Drafting an ESG 80% Policy," IAA Today (Investment Adviser Association), 14 February 2022
- "SEC proposes swing pricing for institutional money market funds," Thomson Reuters WestLaw Today, 25 January 2022
- Mentioned, “A Swing Pricing Rule Was Highly Anticipated, but the SEC Left It Hanging,” GARP, 18 October 2024
- Quoted, “SEC Has Duty to Investors on Diversity Disclosures: Commish,” Ignites, 18 September 2023
- Quoted, “SEC’s ‘Interconnected’ Proposals Could Hurt Markets: ICI,” Ignites, 22 August 2023
- Mentioned, “SEC’s Final Money Fund Rule Brings Relief, and New Concerns,” Ignites, 13 July 2023
- Mentioned, “SEC to vote on new money-market rules Wednesday that industry opposes,” CNBC, 12 July 2023
- Mentioned, “Money-Market Funds Brace for Biggest Regulatory Revamp in Years,” Bloomberg, 11 July 2023
- Quoted, “MMF Gains Could Invite Heightened Regulatory Scrutiny,” Ignites, 21 June 2023
- Mentioned, “Highlights of This Issue,” The Investment Lawyer, 1 January 2023
- Quoted, “New SEC Rule Revamps Fund Docs, E-Delivery,” Ignites, 27 October 2022
- Alert mentioned, "Money Market Funds Proposal Highlights," Mutual Fund Directors Forum, 1 February 2022