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Parker D.Bridgeport

Senior Counsel
Columbus

O 614.469.3238

Parker D.Bridgeport

Senior Counsel
Columbus

O 614.469.3238

Parker is senior counsel in the firm's Corporate Transactions & Securities practice group. His practice includes counseling investment companies, including mutual funds and closed-end funds, on issues related to the creation and offering of investment products and services.

Parker concentrates on regulatory matters, including the organization, registration and operation of investment companies. His experience encompasses developing new products and services, creating and implementation compliance programs, organizing domestic and offshore investment vehicles, and facilitating investment company mergers.

Focus Areas

  • Formation of Closed-End Interval Funds
  • Secondary Offering of Closed-End Fund Shares
  • Formation of Open-End Funds (mutual funds)
  • Formation of Cayman Island-based Wholly Owned Subsidiaries for Mutual Funds that are also Commodity Pools
  • Reorganization of Hedge Funds as Mutual Funds
  • Mutual Fund Mergers (Reorganizations)
  • S.E.C.Exemptive Orders:
    • Multi-Class Order for Closed-End Interval Fund
    • Manager of Managers Order for Mutual Fund and Adviser
    • Fund of Funds Order for Fund and Adviser
    • Self-Indexing ETF Order

Investment Management Bulletins

  • “FINRA Proposes Revised Broker-Dealer Pay-to-Play Rules,” Thompson Hine Investment Management Update, March 2016
  • “Second Circuit Broadens Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Interpretation,” Thompson Hine Investment Management Update, September 2015
  • “Proposed Exemption from Commodity Pool Operator Status for Certain Advisers to Registered Investment Companies,” Thompson Hine Investment Management Update, July 2014
  • “SEC Sanctions Broker-Dealer for Improper Soft Dollar Payments,” Thompson Hine Investment Management Update, March 2014
  • “CFTC Adopts Harmonization Rules for Registered Investment Companies,” Thompson Hine LLP (2013)
  • “Global Investment Performance Standards’ (“GIPS®”) Guidance Updated to Include Error Correction Standard,” Thompson Hine LLP (2010)
  • “Investors May Face Higher Tax Bill Following IRS Ruling,” Thompson HIne LLP (2008)
  • “Seventh Circuit Rejects Gartenberg Standard in Adviser Fee Case and Fashions New Test,” Thompson Hine LLP (2008)
  • “A Summary of Sound Practices for Hedge Fund Managers,” Thompson Hine LLP (2008)
  • “SEC Proposes Revisions to Regulation S-P and Expansion of Customer Privacy Requirements,” Thompson Hine LLP (2008)
  • Presenter, “SEC Rulemaking Roundup: What’s Next?” Thompson Hine Investment Management Coffee Chat, December 13, 2023
  • Presenter, “So, You’re Not a Statistician: Value at Risk for Trustees,” Thompson Hine Investment Management Coffee Chat Webinar Series, June 16, 2021
  • Panelist, Cohen Fund Audit Services Investment Conference, Cleveland (2013)
  • Panelist, Investment Industry (Dodd-Frank) Regulatory Developments, Thompson Hine Conference, Cincinnati (2012)
  • CALI Awards for Excellence in Taxation, Bankruptcy, Secured Transactions, Utility Regulation, Debtor-Creditor, and Banking Regulation
  • Selected for inclusion in Rising Stars by Ohio Super Lawyers magazine, 2017

Professional Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • Ohio Bar Association
  • Greater Cincinnati Mutual Fund Association
  • CFS Society of Columbus
  • Central Ohio Compliance Association

Education

  • The Ohio State University, J.D., 2006
  • University of Wisconsin, M.S., 1985
  • University of Wisconsin, B.B.A., 1982

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio