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Jacob C. Tiedt

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222 North LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60601

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Jacob C. Tiedt

Shareholder

Jacob C. Tiedt is a Shareholder at Vedder Price and a member of the Investment Services group.

Mr. Tiedt’s practice includes the representation of registered mutual funds, closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds; investment advisers; and other financial institutions on a broad range of regulatory, governance and compliance matters.

Mr. Tiedt regularly counsels clients on matters relating to SEC registration, disclosure and compliance; proxy solicitation; NYSE, Nasdaq and FINRA regulation; corporate governance; and board administration. Mr. Tiedt has a broad range of experience advising clients on complex matters relating to product design and extraordinary transactions, including fund mergers and reorganizations; fund adoption transactions; closed-end fund IPOs, secondary offerings and preferred share transactions; and closed-end fund conversions, rights offerings and repurchase offers. He also advises independent fund directors on their unique duties and responsibilities.

Mr. Tiedt’s experience also includes providing guidance to operating companies and financial institutions on complex investment company status questions. In addition, he has extensive experience representing issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, including Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings, as well as registered tender and exchange offers.

Mr. Tiedt serves as Co-editor of the Investment Services Regulatory Update, a monthly publication that keeps clients updated on relevant regulatory matters. In 2020, the Investment Services Regulatory Update received a Go-To Thought Leadership Award from the National Law Review for its regular contributions and outstanding analysis of SEC amendments and regulations, enforcement actions and proposed rulemaking. In 2020, Mr. Tiedt was recommended by the Legal 500 United States in the ‘Investment Funds – Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds’ category.


Jacob C. Tiedt

Shareholder

Education

  • University of Michigan Law School, 2003, cum laude
  • Michigan State University, B.A., 2000, with high honors, Phi Beta Kappa

Jacob C. Tiedt

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Bar Admissions

  • New York, 2005
  • Illinois, 2008

Jacob C. Tiedt

Shareholder

Jacob C. Tiedt

Shareholder