Overview
Jacqueline May is Of Counsel in the Investment Funds & Private Capital practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. Ms. May concentrates her corporate practice on securities regulation. She regularly represents domestic and international corporations, investment banking firms (domestic and foreign), commercial banks (domestic and foreign) and other broker-dealers, investment advisers, and private investment (hedge fund and private equity) complexes in connection with a variety of compliance and regulatory matters and securities transactions.
These include counseling clients with respect to compliance with federal and state securities laws, FINRA and other applicable self-regulatory organization (“SRO”) rules and registration requirements, federal and state investment adviser registration and regulatory matters and providing advice on regulatory issues in connection with underwritings, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and business expansion matters, Internet usage, reporting and recordkeeping obligations, supervision and oversight, registration and licensing, internal controls, internal and external audits, and regulatory examinations and investigations.
Education
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1986
- Colgate University, B.A., 1982
news
- Paul Hastings Advised GTCR in $2.7 Billion Acquisition of AssetMark - April 29th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advises on Formation of Sandbrook Capital to Invest in Entrepreneurs Building a Low-Carbon Future - November 3rd, 2021
- Jefferies Serves as Sole Book-Running Manager for Home Plate Acquisition Corporation’s $200 Million IPO - October 1st, 2021
- Circle Launches Regulated Crypto Yield and Treasury Solution - June 25th, 2021
- Paul Hastings Advised Credit Suisse and UBS in Artisan Acquisition Corp.’s $300 Million SPAC IPO - May 18th, 2021
- Uphold Receives Regulatory Approval to Acquire Broker Dealer JNK Securities and Launch Fractional Equities Business - April 1st, 2021
- Paul Hastings Advises the Underwriters in Two Fintech SPAC IPOs - March 9th, 2021
- UBS and RBC Serve as Joint Book-Running Managers for IPO of Global Partner Acquisition Corp II - January 15th, 2021
- Paul Hastings’ Securities and Capital Markets Practice Logs Record Year - January 13th, 2021
- Citigroup Serves as Book-Running Manager for Senior Connect Acquisition Corp. I IPO - December 15th, 2020
- Citigroup and UBS Serve as Joint Book-Running Managers for IPO of Sandbridge Acquisition Corp. - September 21st, 2020
- Credit Suisse, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley Serve as Book-Running Managers in $500 million IPO of GO Acquisition - August 17th, 2020
- Wolfe Research and Nomura Announce Strategic Alliance - July 15th, 2020
- Brookfield Public Securities Group Completes Acquisition of Center Coast Capital Holdings and Certain Assets of Liberty Street Advisors and HRC - February 5th, 2018
- Brookfield Public Securities Group to Acquire Center Coast Capital Holdings and Certain Assets of Liberty Street Advisors and HRC - October 10th, 2017
- Paul Hastings Represented SunTrust in $135M Financing for Cetera Financial Group's Acquisition of Genworth Financial - June 25th, 2012
- Paul Hastings Advises Global Financial Services in Sale to Sanders Morris - December 2nd, 2010
insights
- FinCEN Proposes AML and SAR Filing Obligations for RIAs and ERAs - February 23rd, 2024
- Reminder About SEC's New Marketing Rule for Investment Advisers - October 19th, 2022
- Reminder About SEC's New Marketing Rule for Investment Advisers - October 19th, 2022
- Broker Registration Requirements: The SEC Proposes a Limited Conditional Exemption for Finders - October 14th, 2020
- PH COVID-19 Client Alert Series: Regulatory and Practical Issues Facing Registered Investment Companies and Investment Advisers - March 17th, 2020
- SEC Proposes to Modernize Regulation of the Use of Derivatives by Registered Investment Companies - December 9th, 2019
- SEC Proposes to Modernize the Advertising and Cash Solicitation Rules for Investment Advisers - November 25th, 2019
- SEC Adopts Long-Awaited "ETF Rule" - October 2nd, 2019
- SEC Publishes New Proxy Voting Guidance - August 27th, 2019
- SEC Adopts Amendments to Auditor Independence Rule - June 24th, 2019
- SEC Adopts Rules & Interpretive Guidance Designed to Enhance and Clarify the Obligations of Financial Professionals - June 13th, 2019
- SEC Proposes Changes to Fund of Funds Arrangements - December 20th, 2018
- SEC Proposes Rule Designed to Permit Certain ETFs to Operate Without an Exemptive Order and Adopts Amendments to the Liquidity Rule - July 2nd, 2018
- SEC Proposes Rules Designed to Enhance Standards of Conduct for Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers - April 26th, 2018
- SEC Votes to Modify Compliance Date for Open-End Fund Liquidity Classification - February 26th, 2018
- SEC’s Division of Investment Management Voices Concerns Over Registered Funds Investing in Cryptocurrencies & Cryptocurrency-Related Products - January 22nd, 2018
- SEC Issues Interpretive Guidance under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that Now Allows Brokers to Charge Their Own Commissions on Sales of Mutual Fund Shares - January 13th, 2017
- SEC Approves New Modernization Rules to Enhance Reporting by Registered Investment Companies - November 22nd, 2016
- SEC Approves New Liquidity Risk Management and Swing Pricing Rules for Certain Open-End Funds - November 21st, 2016
- SEC Approves New Liquidity Risk Management Rules for Certain Open-End Funds and Rules to Modernize and Enhance Reporting By Registered Investment Companies - October 14th, 2016
Involvement
- Member, American Bar Association's Section on Business Law, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, and its Subcommittees on FINRA Corporate Financing Rules and Market Regulation, Committee on State Regulation of Securities, Subcommittee on State Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers
- Admitted to the Bar in the State of New York