JENNIFER A. BAILEY

** ******** ***** ****, *** Hills, NY 11746

516-***-****

abl5tb@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

• Senior attorney with over 14 years of experience managing legal issues for major financial services

organizations and law firms, including The Dreyfus Corporation, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

and BISYS Fund Services.

• Proven track record of successfully managing personnel and projects while ensuring compliance

with governing rules and regulations.

• Expertise in SEC and FINRA rules and regulations, compliance, risk management and personnel and

project management.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WEISS & ASSOCIATES, LLC., Jericho New York 12/2008 –

6/2010

Securities Associate and Director of Structured Product and Pension Fund Litigation Units

• counsel and provide litigation services to institutional investors respecting losses resulting from exposure

to subprime structured investment products.

• represent pension funds and pension fund boards in the recovery of portfolio losses.

• represent individual and institutional investors in FINRA arbitration proceedings involving $500,000 or

more.

THOMAS J. BAILEY & ASSOCIATES, PC., Westbury, New York 7/2007 –

12/2008

Associate

• drafted and/or reviewed contracts relating to corporate matters.

• drafted documents for all phases of litigation including pleadings, motion practice and discovery.

THE BISYS GROUP, INC. (currently, Citi Fund Services), New York, NY 9/2002

– 7/2007

Investment Services Division – provided services to 1,200 investment funds, representing more than $400 billion in

assets.

Consulting Attorney

• advised BISYS management and clients on a wide range of legal issues relating to structuring new

products, re-engineering existing products, regulatory developments and compliance.

• identified and resolved issues involving high financial, relationship and regulatory risks.

• provided legal support and guidance in relation to mutual funds.

Senior Counsel

• managed seven client teams of attorneys and paralegals, which supported mutual fund complexes whose

collective assets had accounted for approximately $59 billion in assets.

• increased revenue by expanding service offering to existing clients, winning significant off-contract work

and reducing operating costs of client teams.

• advised clients on regulatory developments, ensuring compliance with rules and regulations, and on

general corporate and operational matters pertaining to domestic and offshore funds.

• advised clients on legal issues relating to the formation of new products and restructuring existing

products.

• oversaw all SEC filings including registration statements, merger documents, financial reports and proxy

statements; prepared board and shareholder meeting materials; supervised the preparation and filing of

state trust/corporate documents; drafted fund policies and procedures; and responsible for all general

corporate matters, including negotiating contracts and corporate secretarial responsibilities.

PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON, New York, New York 6/2000

– 8/2002

Corporate Department– Investment Funds Group

Associate

• advised clients on matters relating to the creation, maintenance and restructuring of open-end and

closed-end funds.

• drafted or reviewed registration statements, merger documents, proxy statements, SEC exemptive order

applications, SEC no-action request letters, board and shareholder meeting materials, fund contracts and

agreements, and policies and procedures.

• attended board meetings and recorded the minutes.

• drafted offering documents for private fund clients.

• researched issues arising under the Securities Act of 1933, Investment Company Act of 1940,

Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and other related laws and regulations.

THE BISYS GROUP, INC., New York, NY 6/1999

– 6/2000

Counsel

• drafted registration statements, board meeting materials, fund contracts and agreements, policies and

procedures, trust/corporation documents and state filings, and reviewed fund annual and semi-annual

reports across six mutual fund complexes.

• attended board meetings and recorded the minutes.

• researched issues arising under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and other related laws and

regulations.

THE DREYFUS CORPORATION, New York, New York 4/1994

– 4/1999

Legal Department

Counsel 4/1995

– 5/1999

Attorney Pending Admission to the Bar 4/1994

– 4/1995

• drafted and filed registration statements, prepared and filed proxy statements, prepared

board and shareholder meeting materials, drafted fund contracts and agreements and policies

and procedures, and reviewed and filed annual and semi-annual reports for 35 mutual funds.

• de-registered all inoperative funds advised by The Dreyfus Corporation with the SEC and various

states.

• reviewed contracts on behalf of The Dreyfus Corporation.

• reviewed marketing and advertising materials.

• coordinated the registration of various Dreyfus trademarks abroad.

EDUCATION

ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW JD, 1994

Dean's List

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK/COLLEGE AT OLD WESTBURY BA,

1990 Dean's List

Admitted to the New York Bar

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