Benjamin J. Haskin Partner MAIN OFFICE: Washington Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 1875 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006-1238, U.S.A. T 202-303-1124 F 202-303-2124

Benjamin J. Haskin is a partner in the Asset Management Group of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Washington. Mr. Haskin advises mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, private and offshore funds, investment advisers and broker-dealers on a wide range of investment management issues, including compliance, corporate governance and regulatory matters. He represents fund boards of directors and regularly conducts internal investigations on behalf of investment companies and investment advisers. He additionally advises investment managers on matters related to the purchase and sale of advisory businesses.

Mr. Haskin is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for mutual funds law.

Mr. Haskin is Chairman of the Investment Management Committee of the District of Columbia Bar and serves on the Editorial Boards of The Investment Lawyer and The Journal of Investment Compliance. Mr. Haskin is a member of the American Bar Association’s Investment Companies and Investment Advisers sub-committee and has served on the drafting committees for ABA comment letters.

Mr. Haskin has spoken on a wide range of investment management matters including: "Effect of Changing Regulatory Environment for Regulated Investment Companies" in Boston, "Preparing for Impending Regulatory Changes," "Exchange-Traded Funds: Current Issues and Rulemaking," "Valuation Issues in the Current Economic Environment" and "The Financial Meltdown of 2008 and the Regulatory Responses" at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs." Mr. Haskin recently served as moderator of seminars entitled "After Jones v. Harris - Mutual Advisory Contracts in the Wake of the Supreme Court Decision," "Derivatives for Investment Companies," "Forum with the Director of the Division of Investment Management" and "Current Issues in Securities Enforcement for the Investment Management Industry."

• "SEC Holds Roundtable on Money Market Funds and Systemic Risk," Journal of Investment Compliance, Vol. 12, No. 3 (2011) (co-author)
  
  
• "Selection and Oversight of Sub-Advisers - Obligations and Practices," The Investment Lawyer Vol. 18, No.1 (Jan. 2011) (co-author)
  
  
• "Under the Microscope: Valuation and Hedge Funds," Journal of Investment Compliance, Vol. 10, No. 3 (2009) (co-author)
  
  
• "Eighth Circuit Amends Standards for Review of Mutual Funds," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (June 2009) (co-author)
  
  
• "SEC Continues to Address Market-Timing Related Redemption Fee Rule," The Investment Lawyer (May 2006) (co-author)
  
  
• "Hedge Fund Managers to be Subject to SEC Registration and Scrutiny," Bloomberg Law Reports (June 2005) (co-author)
  
  
• "Rule 38a-1: The Road Ahead," The Investment Lawyer (May 2005) (co-author)
  
  
• "SEC Reacts to Scandals by Amending Rules for Investment Advisers’ and Investment Companies’ Codes of Ethics," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (September 2004)
  
  
• "Anti-Money Laundering," IA Week Countdown to Compliance Conference (September 2004)
  
  
• "Serving As a Mutual Fund Sub-Adviser: Issues to Consider," ICAA Newsletter (March 2002)
  
  
• "Avoiding SEC Enforcement Action: Trade Allocation Procedures," ICAA Newsletter (July 1998)
  
  
• "Hiring and Oversight of Sub-Advisers," The Investment Lawyer (January 1998)