John F. Cacchione, Esq.
**** ******* ***., ******, 610-***-**** ****.*********@*******.***
Pa. 19050
Experience
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, West Conshohocken, Pa.
Executive Director, Jan. 2010-present; Vice President, Dec. 2006-Dec. 2009;
Director, Nov. 2004-Nov. 2006
Legal and Professional Experience
. Structured and maintained registered public continuously offered funds of
hedge funds and unregistered private fund-of-hedge-funds and fund-of-
private-equity-funds programs, some pursuing innovative strategies like
portable alpha and customizable portfolios
. Negotiated investment management agreements and terms of single-investor
funds with prospective investors, as well as fund service provider
agreements with administrators, custodians, transfer agents,
distributors, placement agents, and shareholder serving agents
. Designed special purpose entities to house fund holdings with suddenly
reduced liquidity due to the market turmoil of 2008
. Counseled business colleagues about changes in securities laws, commodity
laws, federal tax laws, ERISA, and the Bank Holding Company Act affecting
funds and investment advisers, as well as potential responses to such
changes
. Pre-cleared marketing materials for registered and unregistered funds and
for discretionary and nondiscretionary advisory services
. Created simplified standardized forms of investor transaction agreements
and documents
. Developed and implemented blue sky compliance processes and procedures
Managerial and Organizational Experience
. Trained several paralegal staff to pre-clear marketing materials,
supervised paralegal preparation and filing of various quarterly reports
and schedules for registered funds, and directed paralegal staff in
maintaining fund and advisory entity corporate governance records
. Represented the Law Division as a member of the Compliance and Fair
Valuation Committees of the Fund of Hedge Funds team
. Interviewed and evaluated candidates for positions in the Law Division
and in the Operations Division's Portfolio Accounting and Fund
Administration groups
Dechert LLP [formerly Dechert], Phila., Pa.
Associate, Financial Services Practice Group (and Investment Adviser and
Hedge Fund Working Groups), Sept. 2001-Oct. 2004
. Advised clients regarding launch and ongoing management of registered and
unregistered funds, drafted the funds' offering and organizational
documents, and prepared and negotiated the funds' service provider
agreements
. Managed a team of associates preparing all documentation for one of six
registrants of a large mutual fund complex merging with another large
mutual fund complex
. Researched federal and state regulatory compliance issues affecting
investment advisers and offerings of public and private funds
. Composed client memoranda analyzing specific terms of potential hedge
fund and private equity investments
Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Juris Doctor, May 2001
Activities University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Articles Editor (2000-
2001), Associate Editor (1999-2000)
Moot Court Board (2000-2001), Fall Chairman
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, J.D. Class of 2001
(elected Fall 2000)
Internships Dechert [formerly Dechert Price & Rhoads, L.L.P.], Phila., Pa.,
Summer Associate, May 2000-Aug. 2000
Hon. Thomas J. Rueter, U.S. Magistrate Judge (E.D. Pa.), Phila., Pa.,
Summer Law Clerk, July 1999-Aug. 1999
Hon. Norma L. Shapiro, U.S. Senior District Judge, (E.D. Pa.),
Phila., Pa., Summer Law Clerk, May 1999-July 1999
U.S. Internal Revenue Serivce, Phila., Pa., Volunteer Income Tax
Assistant, Feb.-Apr. 2001, Feb.-Apr. 2000
Villanova University, Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, May 1998. Majors:
Economics, Political Science; Minors: Business, History
Award John Maynard Keynes Medallion of Excellence for Economics (May 1998)
Honor Societies Phi Kappa Phi (Interdisciplinary), Fellow (1998-1999)
Phi Alpha Theta (History), Chapter Secretary-Treasurer
Phi Beta Kappa (Liberal Arts and Sciences) Omicron Delta Epsilon
(Economics)
Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science), Chapter Vice President
Publications and Lectures
. US Approach to Fiduciary Duties: General Law, the Investment Advisers
Act, the Investment Company Act, and ERISA, in Law and Regulation of
Investment Management (R. Frase ed. 2004)
. Conflicts of Interest and the 1940 Act: Affiliated and Joint
Transactions; Personal Securities Trading, in Nuts and Bolts of Financial
Products 2004 (C. Kirsch & R. Risoleo eds.) (co-authored with R. Helm)
. SEC Proposes New Rule to Exempt from Shareholder Approval Requirements
Advisory Contracts of Subadvisers to Manager-of-Managers Funds, 22
Banking & Financial Services Policy Report, No. 11, at 1 (Dec. 2003) (co-
authored with D. Dick)
. "Investment Company Status Issues: Private Funds and Inadvertent
Investment Companies," PACLE-accredited CLE class, Dec. 10, 2003 (co-
lecturer)
Bar Memberships Pennsylvania, New Jersey, District of Columbia, U.S. Tax
Court
Bar Associations American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association
Other Activities St. Louis R.C. Church: Parish Finance Council Member;
Catholic Charities Appeal Lay Representative; Lector
and Coordinator of Lectors