Practice Areas

• Financial Services
• Corporate & Commercial 
  
  

Doug Arend is a partner in Henderson & Lyman's Financial Services Group. He practices in the areas of commodity futures and securities regulation with an emphasis on managed funds.  Mr. Arend has represented financial services firms, including registered investment advisers, commodity pool and hedge fund operators, proprietary traders and brokerage firms, for nearly 25 years. He concentrates on transactional matters including fund formation, business structure, and non-routine registration and compliance issues. His public company experience includes registered securities offerings, Section 16 and William Act filings and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. His clients have ranged from international money managers to individual exchange members. Before joining Henderson & Lyman, Mr. Arend was the general counsel of a trading advisor and pool operator that managed nearly one billion dollars in client assets.

Bar Admissions

Illinois State Bar
New York State Bar
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
U.S. Tax Court

Experience

Partner, Henderson & Lyman, 2001 to present 
General Counsel, Sheridan Investments LLC, 1996-2001
Compliance Director and General Counsel, Joseph Roberts & Co., 1994-1996
General Counsel, LL Chandos & Co., 1989-1994
Associate Counsel, Darrowby Holdings Ltd., 1985-1989
Associate, Chapman and Cutler 1983-1985

Education

J.D., The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1983
B.A., The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1980

Publications

"Everything Old is (Almost) New Again: Notional Funding Returns to Performance Reporting," MFA Reporter, April 2004