Jasmin Ali

Jasmin M. Ali is an associate in the Firm’s Registered Funds Practice, where she represents registered investment companies, their independent directors/trustees and investment advisers in regulatory, transactional and compliance matters. She regularly works on a variety of matters regarding the establishment, registration, reorganization, and operation of retail and institutional investment products. She also works with clients to respond to new SEC rules affecting the investment management industry.

Prior to law school, Jasmin worked for two major asset managers in a sales capacity distributing mutual funds and variable annuities and, prior to that, in an operations capacity within a transfer agent. During law school, Jasmin interned with a major financial institution where she assisted in implementing Dodd-Frank compliant policies and procedures and served as an editor of the Uniform Commercial Code Reporter-Digest.

Experience at Simpson Thacher includes representing:

  • Blackstone Credit with respect to its BDCs
  • Blackstone Credit with respect to its real estate investment funds

Experience prior to Simpson Thacher includes representing:

  • DoubleLine open- and closed-end funds, including closed-end fund initial public offerings.
  • Western Asset Management and Franklin Templeton (formerly, Legg Mason) open- and closed-end funds, including tender offers.
  • Cohen & Steers Capital Management open- and closed-end funds, including closed-end fund initial public offerings.
  • Columbia Threadneedle open- and closed-end funds, obtained interfund lending exemptive relief.
  • Brighthouse open-end funds, including numerous fund mergers.
  • Stone Harbor Investment Partners open- and closed-end funds.
  • Regularly advises: closed-end funds in creating and implementing anti-takeover strategies and responding to shareholder activists; investment advisers in negotiations with wealth platforms relating to the provision of models and discretionary advisory services; and closed-end and open- end funds in mergers, requests for no-action letters and exemptive relief.