George Zornada

George Zornada practices investment management and securities law. He regularly represents investment advisers, open and closed-end investment companies and their boards of directors, and private investment entities such as hedge funds and fund of funds.

George’s practice includes a broad spectrum of regulatory and transactional matters.

Member of the Editorial Board of The Investment Lawyer

Member of the Board of Trustees, Ripon College

“What To Know As SEC Looks To Expand Private Fund Access,” Law360, 28 July 2025

“What a relief! Co-investments get easier for interval funds, tender offer funds, and business development companies,” AIMA Journal - Edition 142, 23 June 2025

“The Amended Names Rule—Implementation Challenges and the Path Ahead,” The Investment Lawyer Vol. 32, No. 3, March 2025

“Every Fund Has One—The Amended Names Rule and Its Impact,” The Investment Lawyer, February 2024

Co-author, “Investment Company Determination under the 1940 Act - Exemptions and Exceptions,” American Bar Association, 2003

"Interval Funds have Turned 25 and are Increasingly Popular," The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation, 20 February 2019

“Changes to Investment Company Reporting - A Look at New Form N-CEN and Amended Regulation S-X: Part 2 of 2,” The Investment Lawyer, Vol. 24, No. 3, March 2017

Washington University School of Law (Welborn Scholar in Law; Articles Editor, Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law)

J.D.

1990

Ripon College (magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa)

A.B.

1987