Gibbons, Michele L.

Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Mitch Gibbons conducts a comprehensive securities regulatory and compliance practice with a particular focus on investment adviser, broker-dealer, and private investment fund matters. She counsels private equity funds, hedge funds, funds of funds, and registered investment companies on organizational, regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters and advises companies and investors in related transactions. She also advises clients on regulatory issues involving the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, advertising, anti-money laundering, social-networking, trading, execution, custody, privacy, disaster recovery, insider trading, and international securities issues.

Mitch is a frequent speaker at national and industry conferences and contributes to several industry publications.

Mitch is on the Houston Advisory Board of the Tahirih Justice Center, and she is a member of the New York State Bar Association, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Harvard University Club, and 100 Women in Hedge Funds.

Areas of Practice

• Banking & Finance
• Financial Institutions Litigation & Regulation
• Private Equity
• Financial Regulatory Response Team
• Financial Services
• Real Estate Funds

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, International Banking, Lending & Secured Transactions, Loan Workouts, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Public Finance, Real Estate Law, Savings & Thrifts, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Venture Capital

Published Works

• Risks, Liabilities Lie in Way of Organizations Trying to Embrace Social Media, Lawyers Say, BNA Securities Law Daily (Interviewed), 2010
• Impact of the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2010, Illinois Venture Capital Association (Interviewed), 2010
• Taking the Scare out of Social Networking, ACA Insight, (quoted extensively), 2010
• Regulators Watch Firms Push Boundaries on Outside Business Activities, IAWatch (quoted), 2010
• Compliance Policies Remain Vital when it Comes to Social Media, IAWatch (quoted), 2010
• Lawyers on the Fast Track, H Magazine (recognized), 2010
• Proposed Legislation May Require Real Estate Fund Managers to Register, PREA Quarterly, 2009
• Lawyers on the Fast Track, H Magazine (recognized), 2009
• Hedge Fund Regulation Developments, coauthor, The Investment Lawyer, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2004
• Hedge Fund Regulation Developments, coauthor, The Investment Lawyer , Vol. 10, No. 12, 2003
• NASD Issues Notice to Members — Broker Obligations When Selling Hedge Funds, The Investment Lawyer, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2003
• Hedge Fund Marketing by Broker-Dealers: Questions and Comments in Response to Recent Developments, coauthor, Journal of Investment Compliance, 2003

Address

717 Texas
Suite 3300
Houston, TX 77002-2712

Phones

1.832.239.3788 (Business Phone)
1.212.901.7313 (Other Phone)

Faxes

1.832.239.3600 (Business Fax)
1.212.755.7306 (Other Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com