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CO-CHAIR, INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUPStacy Louizos represents registered investment companies and their independent directors and investment advisers and serves as Co-Chair of Blank Rome’s Investment Management group. She is also co-leader of the firm’s Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) team.For more than 25 years, she has advised clients on a broad range of matters relating to the operation of investment companies of all kinds, including the organization and offering of open-end and closed-end investment companies; mergers of individual mutual funds and of fund complexes; and board governance, compliance, and other regulatory matters under the federal securities laws.Stacy has extensive fund formation experience and has worked with a variety of registered fund products. She is also known and has been recognized nationally for counseling fund boards. She has served as fund counsel and/or counsel to the independent directors of fund complexes of all sizes, including a number of large and well-known fund groups.A leading attorney in her field, Stacy has been consistently recommended in the practice area of Investment Fund Formation and Management in The Legal 500 United States and was recognized in Chambers USA 2025 in the Registered Funds – Nationwide category, as well as listed in Chambers Global. Stacy is highlighted in Chambers for her “ability to advise investment companies, investment advisers and independent directors on a wide range of issues, including regulatory compliance and fund formation,” which also noted that “her knowledge and experience is excellent” and that she is “remarkable in her ability to help the board navigate very complicated issues.” Her clients said she “simplifies complex matters and makes processes easier to understand,” “gets straight to the point to resolve issues in a clear, fair and very intelligent manner,” and “is very knowledgeable on the 1940 Act.”&nbsp;Stacy was also named a “Notable Woman in Law” by Crain’s New York Business and one of the “10 Women Leading the ’40 Act Legal Space” by Fund Board Views. She is a regular speaker and writer and is frequently quoted on topics such as board governance, fund best practices, and cybersecurity.

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Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions: January 2026

Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions: October 2025

Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions: July 2025

Chambers USA 2025 Recognizes Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices

Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions: April 2025

Chambers Global 2025 Ranks Blank Rome Attorneys and Shipping, Energy, International Trade, and Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practices

Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions: January 2025

Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions: October 2024

Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions: July 2024

Chambers USA 2024 Recognizes Blank Rome Attorneys and Practices

Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions: April 2024

Fund Operations: The Board, the Manager, and the Rest of the Cast

Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions: January 2024

Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions: October 2023

Private Market ESG in Action: Capitalizing on the Convergence of Legal and Business Strategy

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Stacy’s experience includes counseling clients in the following areas:
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<li>Board governance and best practices, as well as with respect to the duties of directors/trustees under the Investment Company Act of 1940.</li>
<li>15(c) advisory contract approval and renewal processes.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Advising on a wide variety of registered fund products, including: exchange-traded funds, alternative investment funds, umbrella series trusts, variable annuity insurance funds, funds of funds (including asset allocation and target date funds), manager of managers and other adviser/sub-adviser structures, master-feeder funds, business development companies, and money market funds.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Regulatory and industry matters, including risk management oversight, cybersecurity, distribution, D&amp;O insurance policies, valuation, derivatives, and fund liquidity risk management programs.</li>
<li>Counseling fund management and fund boards on crisis management and other complex or unique issues.</li>
<li>Reorganizations and liquidations of funds.</li>
<li>Organization and registration of registered investment advisers and counseling with respect to their duties under federal and state law.</li>
<li>Counseling on SEC examination, investigation, and enforcement matters, as well as with respect to mutual fund litigation, including shareholder derivative suits and mutual fund class actions.</li>
<li>Advising the insurance companies on regulations relating to their investments.</li>
<li>Advise companies on their status under the Investment Company Act of 1940.</li>
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Stacy H. Louizos

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