Practice Areas
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: Mutual Funds in The US Legal 500 (2009)
Listed, Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers (2008)
Recognized as a "Fund Titan" in the Category of Outside Counsel by Ignites
Former Chair, District of Columbia Bar Association, Investment Management Committee
Member and Former Steering Committee Member, District of Columbia Bar Association, Corporation Finance and Securities Law Section
Member, American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Federal Regulation of Securities Committee, Investment Companies and Investment Advisers Subcommittee
Associate Editor, Washburn Law Journal
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Washington, D.C.
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1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004-2541
Phone: 202.739.5654
Fax: 202.739.3001
W. John McGuire is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Investment Management and Securities Industry Practice. Mr. McGuire concentrates on investment company and investment adviser regulatory issues and related issues affecting broker-dealers and transfer agents. He has assisted clients with the formation or acquisition of investment companies and investment advisers, in addition to providing them with ongoing representation. Mr. McGuire routinely handles matters involving the establishment, representation, and counseling of exchange traded investment companies (ETFs), their advisers, and listing markets.
Mr. McGuire 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, FINRA, and state investigations and enforcement actions; mergers and acquisitions involving investment companies and investment advisers; interpretive and "no-action" letter requests; SEC exemptive orders; and related matters.
From 2005 through 2010, Mr. McGuire was named one of the leading U.S. lawyers for investment management by Chambers USA, based on the views of clients, peers, and other industry professionals. Chambers noted that Mr. McGuire’s clients appreciate the fact that “he is able to see things from a business as well as legal perspective.” Chambers also noted that he is “very active in the development of new investment products.” Mr. McGuire was also selected by Ignites, one of the pre-eminent sources for news about the mutual fund industry, as the 2008 “Fund Titan” in the category of "Outside Counsel." Fund Titan awards recognize legal and compliance professionals who make a significant mark on the mutual fund industry.
Before entering private practice, Mr. McGuire served on the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission in its Investment Management Division. He regularly speaks at industry conferences, and has authored or co-authored several articles covering a wide variety of securities regulatory issues and the book Mutual Fund Regulation and Compliance Handbook. He also serves pro bono as a court-appointed civil mediator for the District of Columbia Superior Court.
Mr. McGuire is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.
Education
- Washburn University School of Law, 1986, J.D.
- Wichita State University, 1986, M.P.A.
- Wichita State University, 1980, B.A.