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Thomas, Philip Karel
Garrity, Graham, Murphy, Garofalo & Flinn, P.C.
One Lackawanna Plaza
P.O. Box 4205
Montclair, NJ 07042-8205
Phone: (973) 509-7500
Fax: (973) 509-0414
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Summary
Current Employment Position(s)
Of Counsel
Lawyer Overview
Philip Thomas, a securities and regulatory attorney specializing in investment adviser legal and compliance issues, is a member of the Financial Services and Banking group of Garrity, Graham, Murphy, Garofalo & Flinn. Most recently, Mr. Thomas was the Director of the Private Funds Regulatory Practice at a New York law firm, where he served registered investment advisers managing pooled investment vehicles. Prior to this, Mr. Thomas was the Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel of SB Schonfeld Fund Advisors LLC. While at Schonfeld, he led the organization of a number of private investment funds and structured and managed the compliance program of three investment advisers. Before this, Mr. Thomas founded a boutique hedge fund regulatory consulting practice. He began his alternative investments career in 1995 at Merrill Lynch, where he was a key member of the team that brought to market Merrill’s first fund-of-hedge-funds. Mr. Thomas received his J.D. from Rutgers School of Law-Camden and graduated from Hamilton College, with honors, in 1992. He is a former US Navy officer who served both on active duty and in the Reserve Component.
Areas of Practice
- Private Placements
- Securities Regulation
West Practice Categories
Private Placements, Securities Regulation
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York, 2005
Professional Associations and Memberships
- US Navy, 2002 - 2005 (Commissioned Officer)
Classes and Seminars
- Structuring a Hedge Fund Compliance Program, CLE 123, Inc., 2009
- Training for Hedge Fund Investment Advisers, CLE 123, Inc., 2009
Education
- Rutgers School of Law - Camden, Camden, New Jersey
J.D. - US Navy Supply Corps School, Athens, Georgia,
2005
Honors: Navy Supply Corps School Leadership Award - Hamilton College, Clinton, New York
A.B.
Honors: With Honors
Office Information
Address
One Lackawanna Plaza
P.O. Box 4205
Montclair, NJ 07042-8205
Phones
(973) 509-7500
Faxes
(973) 509-0414