Practice Areas
- Investment Management
- Securities Industry
- Broker-Dealers
- Compliance & Investment Management
- Registered Investment Companies
- Wrap Fee Sponsors
- Investment Advisers
- Broker-Dealer & Capital Markets Regulation
- Private Investment Funds
- Exchange Traded Funds
- Privacy
- Washington Government Relations & Public Policy
Practice Accolades
Ranked, Tier 1: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer Regulation (National) Practice in Chambers USA (2009)
Ranked, Band 1: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Mutual Funds in The U.S. Legal 500 (2009)
Honors + Affiliations
Listed, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2005–2010)
Listed, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds in The US Legal 500 (2009)
Listed, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Mutual Funds in The US Legal 500 (2009)
Listed, "Guide to the World's Leading Investment Funds Lawyers," International Financial Law Review/Expert Guides (2008)
Listed, Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers (2008)
Member, American Bar Association, Business Law Section
Editorial Board Member, Practical Compliance & Risk Management
Advisory Board Member, Wall Street Lawyer & Journal of Performance Measurement
Former Managing Editor, The George Washington Law Review
Former Associate Editor, Consumer Protection Reporting Service
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Pennsylvania
- Washington, D.C.
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1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004-2541
Phone: 202.739.5453
Fax: 202.739.3001
Steven W. Stone is the leader of Morgan Lewis's Investment Management Practice Group. He is also a member of the firm's Advisory Board. Mr. Stone’s practice focuses on broker-dealer and investment manager regulation and enforcement defense and regulation of the securities markets. Mr. Stone has a broad background in broker-dealer and investment management regulation, representing major investment banks, broker-dealers and investment managers in a wide range of matters. He frequently advises trading desks of both broker-dealers and investment managers on a range of issues.
Mr. Stone counsels clients on a wide variety of regulatory and transactional matters, including development of new products and services; federal and state registration and compliance issues; SEC, NASD and state investigations; and enforcement actions; mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures involving broker-dealers and investment advisers; interpretive and "no-action" letter requests; insider trading issues; and related matters.
Mr. Stone is listed in The US Legal 500 and Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Mr. Stone was named by Chambers as one of the leading U.S. lawyers for investment management law and was recognized as "one of the best in the field."
Mr. Stone is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania.
Education
- George Washington University National Law Center, 1988, J.D.
- Bates College, 1983, B.A.
