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practice accolades

Investment Management

Ranked, Band 1: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Mutual Funds in The U.S. Legal 500 (2012)

Ranked, National Tier 1: Securities/Capital Markets Law, U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2012)

Ranked, Band 2: Financial Services Regulation: Broker-Dealer Regulation in Chambers USA (2012)

Ranked, Band 2: Investment Funds: Registered Funds in Chambers USA (2012)

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  • Illinois
  • New York
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Dana D.C. Westfall
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Email: dwestfall@morganlewis.com
Chicago
77 West Wacker Dr.
Chicago, IL 60601-5094
Phone: 312.324.1109
Fax: 312.324.1001

Dana D.C. Westfall is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Investment Management and Securities Industry Practice. Mr. Westfall focuses his practice on investment management, futures and securities transactions, and derivatives regulation and compliance matters.

Mr. Westfall counsels domestic and foreign futures exchanges and clearing organizations, investment managers, brokerage firms, and end-users in connection with exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivative instruments. He also counsels investment managers with structuring and forming private investment funds and compliance issues.  Mr. Westfall has represented public and private companies in connection with a number of project finance, structured finance, mergers and acquisitions, securities compliance, and corporate governance matters.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Westfall was an associate in the financial services practice of an international law firm.

Mr. Westfall received his J.D. from George Washington University Law School in 2004 and his B.A. in economics from Emory University in 1999.

Mr. Westfall is admitted to practice in Illinois and New York.

education

  • George Washington University Law School, 2004, J.D.
  • Emory University, 1999, B.A.