Practice Areas
- Investment Management
- Registered Investment Companies
- Investment Advisers
- Broker-Dealers
- Securities Industry
- Real Estate Funds
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Real Estate Investment Trusts
- Real Estate Capital Markets
- Broker-Dealer and Capital Markets Regulation
- Private Investment Funds
- Exchange Traded Funds
Honors + Affiliations
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Inter-American Bar Association
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America (2007 & 2008)
AV rated by Martindale Hubbell
Listed, Top Attorney in the Investment Management & Banking and Financial Institutions categories, South Florida Legal Guide (2005 edition); Legal Elite Section recognition, Florida Trend Magazine (July 2004); Florida Super Lawyer (2006)
Listed, The International Who's Who of Private Funds Lawyers 2006
Managing Editor, Emory University Law Journal
Bar Admissions
- Florida
- New York
- Miami
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5300 Wachovia Financial Ctr.
200 S. Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33131-2339
Phone: 305.415.3394
Fax: 305.415.3001
Ethan W. Johnson is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Investment Management and Securities Industry Practice. Mr. Johnson's practice focuses on investment management; banking and financial institution law; international corporate finance; mergers and acquisitions; corporate governance; and general corporate law. Mr. Johnson counsels clients on a wide variety of regulatory and transactional matters, including the creation of hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, UCITS and SEC-registered funds; the organization and operation of broker-dealers and investment advisers; corporate finance projects including public and private offerings of debt and equity issues; and joint venture and investment projects in Latin America, Europe and Asia.
Mr. Johnson is a frequent author and lecturer on various topics, most recently including, regulation of broker-dealers and investment advisers; global distribution of investment funds; private equity real estate funds; and investment in the Emerging Markets and corporate governance.
Mr. Johnson is admitted to practice in Florida and New York.
Education
- Emory University School of Law, 1985, J.D.
- Harvard University, 1979, B.A.